Memorial Day 2010: President Obama visits troops at Fisher House, Illinois
June 1st, 2010 - 6:20 am ICT by BNO NewsWASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – President Barack Obama on Monday visited the Hines Fisher House for veterans and relatives after his Memorial Day remarks were canceled due to bad weather.
Obama visited the gravestones at the Lincoln Cemetery in Illinois, where the U.S. President laid a wreath and bowed his head in silence in honor to the fallen soldiers. He stepped to the podium to deliver his speech but torrential rains and lightning caused that the event had to be called off.
Following the cancellation, Obama traveled to the recently inaugurated Fisher House in Hines. There, he met with veterans and service members receiving medical care at the Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital.
On May 28, the Hines Fisher House was officially dedicated as the first Fisher veteran’s home in Illinois. It was donated by the Fisher House Foundation as a home away for families of veterans and military members.
In March of this year, Obama donated $250,000 of his Nobel Peace Prize award to the Fisher House Foundation, which is a unique private-public partnership that supports men and women and their families in need and that ensures that they are provided with the comforts of home in a supportive environment.
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