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07/21/2022 11:00 AM

First Lady Touches Down at Tweed


An Air Force C-32A lands at Tweed-New Haven Airport on July 20, 2022 carrying first lady Dr. Jill Biden and U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. Cardona for a visit to New Haven. Photo by Wesley Bunnell/The Courier
Photo by Wesley Bunnell/The Courier
Spectators watch as security personnel as an Air Force C-32A sits on the tarmac at Tweed-New Haven Airport on July 20 with first lady Dr. Jill Biden and U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. Cardona ready to board their vehicles on a trip to New Haven. Photo by Wesley Bunnell/The Courier
Vehicles carrying first lady Dr. Jill Biden and U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. Cardona depart the tarmac after arriving via an Air Force C-32A at Tweed-New Haven Airport on July 20. Photo by Wesley Bunnell/The Courier

First lady Dr. Jill Biden was in Connecticut on July 20 with U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. Cardona to visit the Horizons program at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven. The duo flew into Tweed New Haven airport, touching down at 12:30 p.m. before hopping into waiting SUVs. According to an itinerary issued by the Department of Education, Biden and Cardona were traveling to summer learning programs in Connecticut, Georgia, and Michigan that are using funding from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) to address the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on students’ academic and mental health needs.