Jill Biden unveiled a new display, The Military Children's Corner, in the East Wing hallway on Tuesday, featuring artwork by children from military families.
It is part of her White House initiative, called Joining Forces, to support military and veteran families, caregivers and survivors.
The first lady was one of those kids; she's the daughter of a Navy signalman. Two of her grandchildren also were tied to the military through their father, Beau, who served in the Delaware Army National Guard. He died of brain cancer in 2015 at age 46."They may not wear a uniform, but they serve our country, too," Biden said in a written statement, adding that art by the military children she has met in recent years was like a "window into their own lives.
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