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New London, CT (77WABC)-President Joe Biden is headed to New London on May 19th. The President is scheduled to deliver the keynote address during graduation ceremonies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. It will mark the second time Biden has addressed a graduating class at the academy.
President Joe Biden is scheduled to deliver the keynote address during graduation ceremonies at the Coast Guard Academy Wednesday, May 19, 2021.
The 140th Commencement Exercises are scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. on Cadet Memorial Field. The event is NOT open to the public. pic.twitter.com/dT5845QLE4— U.S. Coast Guard Academy (@USCGAcademy) May 3, 2021
Biden delivered the keynote address to the USCG graduating class of 2013 while serving as vice president.
This will be Biden’s first commencement address to a military service academy and his first official visit to Connecticut as president.
Lyndon Johnson was the first president to speak at a Coast Guard graduation, addressing cadets in 1964.
The May 19th event is not open to the general public.
