Statement by the Press Secretary on the President and Vice President Attending the Memorial Service for the Victims of the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster in Beckley, WV
April 19, 2010
On Sunday, April 25, the President and Vice President will travel to Beckley, West Virginia, to participate in a memorial service for the miners lost in the tragedy at Upper Big Branch mine. President Obama will deliver a eulogy honoring the lives of those who perished and offering his deepest condolences to the loved ones they left behind.
Barack Obama, Statement by the Press Secretary on the President and Vice President Attending the Memorial Service for the Victims of the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster in Beckley, WV Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/290494