Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his family joined others in a cleanup of the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., underscoring the need to remember the nation’s history in the conflict.

Hegseth posted a video of the cleanup on his X account on Saturday. In it, he described the effort as an “opportunity” to share with his children the purpose of the Korean War, which was fought by the United States in the 1950s. The secretary continued by stating that those impacted by the war, including the families of those who served and fought in it, likely wanted people to remember what happened, adding that it is the current generation’s “responsibility” to pass this memory down to others.