First lady to visit CT naval base this week
Jill Biden was last in Connecticut when she visited a Meriden public school with U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, who left his post as the head of Connecticut’s Education Department to join President Joe Biden’s cabinet.
GROTON — The first lady will travel to Connecticut this week to visit with U.S. Navy families of the USS Delaware.
First lady Jill Biden and Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro will travel to Groton on Thursday to meet with the families on the submarine, which the First Lady serves as a sponsor.
They will arrive at Groton-New London Airport in Groton Thursday afternoon before attending a holiday gathering hosted by United Through Reading at the U.S. Submarine Veterans Club in Groton.
Biden was last in Connecticut when she visited a Meriden public school with U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, who left his post as the head of Connecticut’s Education Department
to join President Joe Biden’s cabinet.
The trip, which was the first of several high-profile stops in Connecticut for the Biden administration, also marked the first day on the job for Cardona, who rose through the ranks in Meriden schools before taking over at the state’s education department.
The first lady, a community college teacher, met with students and staff at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School during that March visit. It was her first trip to Connecticut and one of her earliest domestic trips since her husband was sworn into office.
The focus of the conversations was about how to keep schools open during the COVID-19 pandemic, which in recent weeks has worsened in Connecticut.
In the time since the first lady’s visit, President Joe Biden has made two stops in Connecticut, first speaking at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in May and then to a child care center in Hartford and the University of Connecticut in midOctober.