"... I know these Days of Remembrance fall on difficult times. But we all do well to remember these days also fall during the month we celebrate Jewish American heritage — a heritage that stretches from our earliest days to enrich every single part of American life today.
"Great American — great Jewish American named Tom Lantos used the phrase, 'The veneer of civilization is paper thin. We are its guardians, and we can never rest.'
"My fellow Americans, we must — we must be those guardians. We must never rest. We must rise against hate, meet across the divide, see our common humanity..." -- President Biden yesterday at the U.S. Holocaust Museum's Annual Day of Remembrance ceremony held at the U.S. Capitol. Here's more background of the National Days of Remembrance (pdf).
