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For more than two centuries the stars 

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and stripes has flown over the land of 

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the free and the home of the brave . We 

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know that it's flying around the world 

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today everywhere . U . S . Forces are 

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stationed protecting all of us . There 

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are none still alive who saw it flying 

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above the american doughboys in places 

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like Bella would canteen E . And the 

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news are gone Now it's our job to keep 

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faith with those brave men and women 

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who came before us . In less than two 

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years . Some 47 million Americans would 

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join the armed forces during World War 

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I . Many of them volunteers . In 

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just six months of decisive combat , 

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more would die than in a decade of war 

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in Korea and Vietnam . Combined with a 

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higher casualty rate than World War Two 

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116 516 Doughboys 

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made the ultimate sacrifice under the 

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american flag . Today we'll tell the 

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story of a very special american flag , 

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One that represents the United States 

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involvement in World War One , The war 

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that changed the world . You'll hear 

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and see the story of that flags journey 

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through our program . Mm Today will fly 

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that flag over the National World War 

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One memorial for the very first time . 

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The new National World War One memorial 

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in the nation's capital is the last of 

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four memorials Built here in 

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recognition of the major wars fought in 

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defense of freedom in the 20th century . 

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It also stands proudly as the 100th 

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memorial of the 100 around the country 

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that were restored and renewed over the 

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past several years with the assistance 

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of the USS World War I centennial 

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Commission and its founding sponsor , 

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the Pritzker Military Museum and 

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Library dan Dayton is the executive 

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director of the World War One 

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centennial commission and he's at the 

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memorial right now . Welcome to 

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America's National World War One 

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memorial in Washington , D . C . A very 

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special welcome today to the members of 

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America's armed forces who are watching 

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today's broadcast . Thanks to the 

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support of the defense media activity 

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from forward deployed operating areas 

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to ships at sea . You represent the 

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best of America and on behalf of all of 

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us , Thank you for your service . The 

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National World War Memorial is a 

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depiction of what happened 100 years 

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ago when soldiers boarded ships bound 

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for France , determined to bring to a 

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close what they thought would be . 

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Award went all wars by themselves . 

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They of course , couldn't end all war , 

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but their courage and sacrifice did 

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indeed bring a decisive end to a 

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conflict that has killed millions . 

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Today's first colours ceremony is 

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designed to bring our history home . 

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It's a journey that began with an 

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American flag that first flew over our 

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nation's capital on April 6 2017 , 

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Commemorating the centennial of the 

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date that the United States went to war . 

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The colors have since flown over the 

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american World War battlefield 

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cemeteries of europe , honoring the 

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doughboys who gave their all during the 

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war and over the National World War One 

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Museum and Memorial in Kansas City . 

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And now they return home here to their 

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final destination where they will take 

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their rightful place flying high in 

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perpetuity , right here above the new 

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National World War One memorial in 

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Washington , D . C . We're located on 

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America's main street , just down 

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pennsylvania Avenue from the United 

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southeast entrance to the White House 

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and just one block from the Washington 

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monument . It's in the middle of 

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everything but the designers have 

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miraculously made this a magnificently 

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serene location . The memorial provides 

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an opportunity to get away from the 

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crowd and contemplate those who served 

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the cause of freedom a century ago in 

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less than an hour as our national 

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colors are raised for the very first 

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time over this magnificent memorial 

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honors to our nation will be rendered 

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by Master Sergeant Matthew Burn . A 

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member of the United States Army band 

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known as Pershing's own . The army band 

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was established by General Pershing 

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himself . This bugle that Master 

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Sergeant Byrne will play belonged to 

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General Pershing . It's been generously 

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donated to the doughboy foundation by 

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Sandy purging his granddaughter in law , 

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who never lost faith that this day 

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would come at last . History teaches 

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us that we protect our future . When we 

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remember our past . Following . The 

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flag raising will further affirm this 

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with a flyover from the 94th Fighter 

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Squadron of the United States Air Force 

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based in Langley Virginia . The 94th 

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one of the oldest units in today's air 

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force , organized during World War is 

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the 94th Aero Squadron in the U.S . 

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Army Air Service . It was named the Hat 

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in the Ring Squadron by its famed 

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aviators who included Eddie 

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Now please join us as we explore the 

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events that inspired its journey to 

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this place on this special day and meet 

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the people who turned a national vision 

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into a splendid reality . Ladies and 

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introduce the 46th president of the 

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United States and our commander in 

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chief , the honorable Joseph R . Biden 

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jr , My fellow americans . 

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Today we raised the flag over the 

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memorial for the first time . Let's 

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remember all that was sacrificed . All 

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that was sanctified by a proud brave 

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americans who served in World War One . 

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the first use of planes and tanks and 

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new communications , many new dangers . 

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trench to trench . We saw the horrors 

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of chemical weapons unleashed . And in 

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redefined our place in the world . We 

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grapple with what we stood for , what 

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we're willing to fight and die for it 

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to defend principles of freedom and 

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democracy . We confront at a terrible 

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cost of war in an age of new and deadly 

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technologies . But the commitment and 

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valor of the american women and men who 

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home or on the front lines in europe 

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defined american service members . More 

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lost their lives . The Great War 

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touches Almost every american family at 

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the time for too long that nationwide 

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service has not been fully commemorated 

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here in the nation's capital . This 

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memorial finally will offer a chance 

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for people to visit and reflect and to 

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remember More than 100 years has passed 

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since World War I ended . But the 

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legacy and courage of those doughboys 

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sailing off to war and the values they 

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fought to defend , still live in our 

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nation today . So thank you , may God 

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bless you and protect our troops . Yeah , 

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the World War One centennial commission 

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God to bless all those who gave the 

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best of themselves for our country . 

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And so it's fitting and proper and my 

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honor to introduce a man who played a 

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key role in that journey Representing 

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Missouri's 5th congressional district . 

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The honourable Emanuel Cleaver who will 

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offer today's invocation from the 

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National World War one museum and 

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father who art in heaven . We 

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approach your holy throne of Grace , 

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imploring you , our creator and our 

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Lord to hold our military men and women 

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and the blessed palm of your hands . 

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Bless and comfort . The military 

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families who in many ways are enlisted 

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as well with much angst . Our men and 

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women leave their spouses and Children 

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and march and sale and fly to distant 

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lands to serve the interests of this 

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great nation , which for reasons we may 

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Jordan has been richly blessed by you . 

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Thank you , protect our soldiers as 

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they protect us . Lord Almighty 

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embedding these warriors a form of 

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courage which allows them to declare 

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even cognitively that the safety and 

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security of our flagship democracy is 

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more significant than their fears . We 

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pray only to you , Jehovah Niecy the 

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Lord our banner that each of our 

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intrepid soldiers may return to these 

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and ask you to tuck them eternally into 

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the bosom of Abraham . And now we 

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humbly ask that you touch our leaders 

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and award them the skill to avoid war 

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when it is unnecessary . Please give 

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them lion heartedness to inspire them 

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to fight fiercely to protect our 

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freedom . When there are no other 

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options , you have a Chalone . The Lord 

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of peace . We seriously seek peace with 

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our voice with our heart and lastly 

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with our might . And now may the God of 

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peace equip our soldiers and our 

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leaders with everything good for doing 

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his will and may . He work in all of us 

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that which is pleasing to him through 

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our God to whom the glory 

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and majesty forever and ever . I'm 

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Then as now no one was exactly sure 

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why Like the name . Their heroic deeds 

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fade from memory . It is time 

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to remember . April 

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1917 the United States enters the great 

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War for 2.5 years France and great 

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Britain have been deadlocked in an epic 

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struggle with imperial Germany , 

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millions are dead . Democracy 

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threatened . Can America make the 

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difference ? The U . S . Military has 

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war plans but none include shipping 

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millions of men across the atlantic few 

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troops have ever seen common the 

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country that invented the airplane has 

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but few all obsolete , no tanks , 

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no gas masks . Worst of all the war 

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department hasn't mandated the study of 

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trench warfare . This education must be 

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and monetize a stunning effort . In 

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in steel shipyards . More than two 

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million new industrial workers and 

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workforce , joined the armed services 

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for the first time and would have the 

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vote . A year later , doughboys would 

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come from every walk of life and all 

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ethnicities . A resolute wave of 

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african americans . Native americans , 

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new immigrants , rawboned farmhands , 

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ivy Leaguers , Lafayette , 

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We are here the american expeditionary 

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forces men of the Rainbow Division , 

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the Buffalo ivy and all americans , 

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the Metropolitan Prairie and Red 

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Diamond , an english nurse , watch them 

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and wrote . So these were our 

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deliverers at last , so godlike , so 

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magnificent , so splendidly unimpaired 

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and so tiny . Americans entered the 

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front lines in January 1918 , a marine 

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commander advised to retreat by a 

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French colleague answered retreat . 

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Hell , we just got here . These were 

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warriors , Front Line troops . 2/3 

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of the EF saw action , an amazing 

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percentage . They would fight . 13 key 

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battles with names engraved in the 

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American memory . Canteen E , the 

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Belleau Wood sweats , Song san may 

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yield and the muse are gone where a 

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quarter million doughboys led the first 

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assault wave fan guard of more than a 

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million who engaged in the final epic 

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battles of the Great War one was a 

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Tennessee farmer named Alvin York , Who 

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almost single handedly killed or 

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captured more than 100 enemy soldiers . 

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Others who saw action included 

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artillery officers named Hubble and 

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Truman . One would later win a Nobel 

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prize and lend his name to history's 

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most powerful telescope . The other 

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would become present . No one on either 

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side anticipated how quickly the 

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americans would arrive , engage and 

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decisively impact the war . 

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The carnage ended on November 11 1918 . 

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American resolve had stopped the 

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killing by itself . World War One did 

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not could not make the world safe for 

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democracy . Liberty must always be 

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defended , strengthened and cherished 

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On the fields of France . 

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116,516 

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doughboys affirmed this with their 

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lives . It is time to 

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honor their sacrifice and renew our 

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pledge to protect our future . By 

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remembering our past . 

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100 years ago , America rallied to the 

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cause of the Great War , but until 

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today , none of those heroes who fought 

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and died have had a place of 

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recognition among the monuments and 

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memorials here in our nation's capital . 

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To hear why we need a National World 

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War War Memorial and to recognize some 

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of those who made today possible . 

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Let's meet the visionary behind the 

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memorial , former vice chair of the 

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World War One centennial commission , 

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Edwin Fountain . One day in 2000 and 

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eight , I stood at the D . C . War 

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Memorial , the memorial on the mall 

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which honors the residents of the 

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District of Columbia who served in 

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World War . And I thought , why do we 

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have national memorials to three of the 

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four great wars of the 20th century , 

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but not to the Great War , the war that 

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brought the United States onto the 

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world stage and began the american 

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century . So I and a handful of others , 

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David , too young dan alexander , 

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Rebecca , wilson bobby brewster 

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together with our champions on capitol 

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hill congressman ted Poe and Emanuel 

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Cleaver and senators , jay Rockefeller 

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and john Thune began advocating for a 

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National World War One memorial in the 

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nation's capital . This undertaking 

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brought to bear the energy and 

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commitment of a great many talented 

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people , firms and agencies , even the 

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shortest list of those who made this 

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memorial possible is too long . But 

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please indulge me and acknowledging the 

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key principles First and foremost , Joe 

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Wisher , the 25 year old , not yet 

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licensed competition , winning 

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architects from Arkansas who saw the 

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path to simultaneously preserving and 

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transforming the site and to meeting 

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the design challenge of locating a war 

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memorial at the center of an urban park . 

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Our partners at the National Park 

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Service led by Peter May , associate 

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director of the National Capital Region 

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Chairman Rusty Powell , Secretary Tom 

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lukey and the members and staff of the 

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Commission of Fine Arts , who patiently 

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challenged us and provided expert 

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guidance at every step of the way the 

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design team , john Gregg and G W . W . 

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O . Architects . The architect of 

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record , David Rubin and land 

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collective . Our landscape architects , 

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grandly construction and sculptor , 

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Saban Howard who is creating the 

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majestic work of art that will come to 

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this space three years from now . The 

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list of commissioner , staff and 

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volunteers of the World War One 

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centennial commission who contributed 

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is likewise too long to read . But I 

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must single out dale archer MEREDITH 

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car and chris Christopher and dr Libby 

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O connell , my fellow commissioner and 

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partner in steering the design process . 

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Finally , to indispensable men . 

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Executive director Dan Dayton who built 

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the organization and lead the 

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fundraising and chairman , Terry Hamby , 

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who inspired us with his passion and 

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put his shoulder to the wheel at just 

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those couple times when it was needed . 

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I'm often asked why do we need a 

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National World War One memorial ? We 

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need it because the war was the most 

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consequential event of the 20th century 

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and you cannot understand our country 

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or the world we live in without 

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understanding World War One because the 

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debates we have today about the roles 

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of women and african americans and 

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immigrants in our society , about the 

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role of America and the world about the 

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proper balance between liberty and 

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security Are but echoes of debates we 

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had 100 years ago , because the 

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idealistic principles of President 

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Woodrow Wilson set the direction of 

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american foreign policy for the next 

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100 years because the war could not 

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have been won without the United States . 

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As american troops stopped the final 

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german offensive at the Marne River and 

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in the 100 days campaign that followed 

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drew the toughest assignment on the 

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Western front and fought through to 

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victory . Because World War One was the 

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third bloodiest war in our history and 

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the courage and sacrifice of the 

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doughboys was as heroic and sublime as 

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that of the boys in blue and gray who 

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came before them and the Gis who came 

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after because just as the names bunker 

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hill in Yorktown , Shiloh and 

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Gettysburg , Normandy and Iwo Jima ring 

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out in our national memory . So too , 

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should chateau teary and san Miguel and 

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the meuse Argonne . The historian a 

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scott Berg said that the stories from 

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the Great War are the stuff of greek 

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tragedy and our of biblical proportions 

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and modern America's very identity was 

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forged during this war . This memorial 

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and word and image seeks to tell those 

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stories . The soldier's story and the 

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nation's story . I'm often asked what 

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was the source of your passion for 

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honoring those who served ? It wasn't a 

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passion . It was a responsibility . I 

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had a responsibility to James McConnell . 

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My fellow alumnus of the University of 

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Virginia , I had a responsibility to my 

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fellow attorney at law , Major Charles 

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Whittlesey , commander of the lost 

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battalion in the Argonne Forest . We 

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have a responsibility to Evan Bradbury 

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and Dorsey Covington and Leonardo cal , 

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Vonnie And 30 other soldiers , Marines 

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and sailors buried in American 

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cemeteries overseas . We have a 

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responsibility to Henry , Burton and 

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Jose archuletta and Jacob Cohen And 

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4000 others listed on tablets of the 

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missing . We have a responsibility to 

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2000 American servicemen , including 

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one and tuned in Arlington who rests in 

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honored glory known but to God I'm 

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often asked did you do this because you 

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had grandfathers who served . I didn't 

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know they did and I am proud that each 

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of them is part of the american story 

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of the war . One of them , a farmer 

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from a place called back swamp north 

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Carolina Had never been farther from 

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home than the next county over until he 

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went to France . The other , a Jewish 

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immigrant from Eastern Europe who came 

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here as a boy in 1906 left university 

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to serve his new country . But this 

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memorial is not for them . This 

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memorial is for victor chapman , A 

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volunteer for France who died at verdun . 

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This memorial is for Albert Schultz who 

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died in flanders and robert turner who 

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died on the som and we'd and Osborne , 

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a Navy medic who died at Belleau Wood 

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and received the medal of honor . This 

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memorial is for ship's Captain Charles 

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Sad early who died at sea and for 20 

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year old Quentin Roosevelt who died in 

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the air who died in the words of his 

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father Theodore at the crest of life in 

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his golden morning . This memorial is 

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for Red Cross Volunteers , Dorothy and 

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Gladys , Cromwell sisters who went to 

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war together and when it was over on 

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the voyage home , stepped off the 

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railing of the ship together . This 

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memorial is for two american poets who 

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wrote beautifully and tragically of the 

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war that took their lives . Alan Seeger , 

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who had a rendezvous with death at 

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midnight in some flaming town and to 

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his pledged word was true and did not 

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fail that rendezvous and Joyce Kilmer 

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who lies in a new made grave today in a 

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would they call the rouge bouquet 

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slumber . Well where the shell screamed 

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and fell . Let your rifles rest on the 

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muddy floor . You will not need them 

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anymore . This memorial is for the man 

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for whom This park is named ? General 

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john Pershing and for the 18 year old 

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corporal who once shook his hand frank 

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buckles , the last american veteran of 

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the war who at the age of 108 testified 

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before congress in support of this 

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memorial . We have a responsibility to 

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corporal buckles and the nearly five 

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million other americans , men and women , 

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citizens and immigrants , and native 

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peoples of every race and faith of 

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every creed and color who answered 

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their country's call and went in harm's 

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way . It is our duty to remember them 

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and their names in their honor and in 

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their memory . Thank all of you for 

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being here today and thank all of you 

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who made this memorial . It was eight 

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years ago , the texas congressman ted 

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Poe played a key role in creating the 

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World War One centennial commission 

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that would oversee the design and 

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construction of a national World War 

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memorial From day one , this has truly 

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been an all American effort . 

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Today's first Colours ceremony 

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commemorates those who served in the 

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trenches and on the home front , 

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celebrating a nation forever changed by 

549
00:24:46,380 --> 00:24:49,530
the sacrifices they made in the ideals 

550
00:24:49,530 --> 00:24:52,300
they bequeathed . It was a great honor 

551
00:24:52,300 --> 00:24:54,480
for me , along with my good friend , 

552
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,810
Representative Emanuel Cleaver to 

553
00:24:56,810 --> 00:24:59,550
introduce legislation which created the 

554
00:24:59,550 --> 00:25:01,860
World War One centennial commission . 

555
00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,140
It was a wonderfully bipartisan effort 

556
00:25:05,150 --> 00:25:07,320
that transcended the daily give and 

557
00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:09,960
take of politics in hopes of achieving 

558
00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,160
a singular , important achievement , 

559
00:25:12,740 --> 00:25:15,800
the long overdue creation of a National 

560
00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:19,800
World War One memorial . There were so 

561
00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:21,650
many who joined in the effort . 

562
00:25:21,660 --> 00:25:24,460
Senators john Thune and jay Rockefeller 

563
00:25:24,460 --> 00:25:26,680
were early supporters . Senator Roy 

564
00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:29,000
blunt was instrumental as were his 

565
00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,530
senate colleagues , john tester , jerry 

566
00:25:31,530 --> 00:25:34,310
Moran , john Boozman , Richard burr , 

567
00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:38,090
Jack Reed lisa murkowski and chris van 

568
00:25:38,090 --> 00:25:40,970
Holland . And also special thanks to 

569
00:25:40,970 --> 00:25:43,137
Senate Majority Leader mitch McConnell 

570
00:25:43,137 --> 00:25:45,200
who played a key role in bringing 

571
00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:48,090
critical funding In addition to my 

572
00:25:48,090 --> 00:25:50,460
friend and representative cleaver other 

573
00:25:50,460 --> 00:25:52,830
colleagues in the house , also answered 

574
00:25:52,830 --> 00:25:55,760
the call led by Representatives Doug 

575
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,690
Lamborn , Betty McCullum and Dc's own 

576
00:25:58,700 --> 00:26:02,590
Eleanor Holmes Norton to paraphrase a 

577
00:26:02,590 --> 00:26:06,260
famous same soldiers never die until 

578
00:26:06,260 --> 00:26:08,770
they are forgotten . We cannot forget . 

579
00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:11,160
It's always remarkable to me when 

580
00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,500
people become aware that family members 

581
00:26:13,510 --> 00:26:15,788
made a contribution to this war effort . 

582
00:26:15,850 --> 00:26:19,510
A century ago . My great uncle George 

583
00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,170
Alfred Wims served at Camp Travis in 

584
00:26:22,170 --> 00:26:24,940
texas and worked with medics there and 

585
00:26:24,940 --> 00:26:27,340
stamping out the last major pandemic , 

586
00:26:27,350 --> 00:26:30,800
what was called the spanish flu . Then 

587
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,670
frank buckles came into my life Frank , 

588
00:26:33,670 --> 00:26:36,070
advocated for this memorial for years 

589
00:26:36,070 --> 00:26:39,850
before he passed away in 2011 . He was 

590
00:26:39,850 --> 00:26:43,140
the last World War One veteran in the 

591
00:26:43,140 --> 00:26:45,790
United States and I'm here to show 

592
00:26:45,790 --> 00:26:48,910
frank that we got it done and that he 

593
00:26:48,910 --> 00:26:51,960
and his fellow doughboys will never be 

594
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:55,480
forgotten . The commemorative flags 

595
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,690
flown over America's hallowed grounds 

596
00:26:57,700 --> 00:27:00,680
have now returned on their journey back 

597
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,847
to Washington . They were entrusted to 

598
00:27:02,847 --> 00:27:04,458
the care of Sandy Pershing , 

599
00:27:04,458 --> 00:27:06,347
granddaughter of General John J . 

600
00:27:06,347 --> 00:27:08,710
Pershing , the nation's military leader 

601
00:27:08,710 --> 00:27:11,430
in World War One . If there's ever been 

602
00:27:11,430 --> 00:27:13,708
a time when we've forgotten our heroes , 

603
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,460
Sandy Pershing has always remembered 

604
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:22,560
when my husband , Jack was a little boy , 

605
00:27:23,340 --> 00:27:26,570
he used to go out with his grandfather . 

606
00:27:26,580 --> 00:27:29,280
And Jack was always just 

607
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,930
surprised at the number of people who 

608
00:27:32,930 --> 00:27:35,720
would follow them down the street with 

609
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:39,170
cameras or just pieces of paper asking 

610
00:27:39,170 --> 00:27:41,280
the general of the police sign an 

611
00:27:41,290 --> 00:27:44,170
autograph . Mhm . Yeah . 

612
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:49,140
No one remembers some of the 

613
00:27:49,150 --> 00:27:52,270
older people like that . Say 

614
00:27:53,140 --> 00:27:55,870
General Pershing . That name sounds 

615
00:27:55,870 --> 00:27:59,260
familiar or both is a Pershing street 

616
00:27:59,940 --> 00:28:03,270
in my town , but they have no idea . 

617
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:08,800
I'm so happy that we're going to get 

618
00:28:08,810 --> 00:28:12,600
this bill to recognize all the 

619
00:28:12,610 --> 00:28:16,540
people who nobody has paid 

620
00:28:16,550 --> 00:28:20,410
any attention to . That 

621
00:28:20,410 --> 00:28:23,270
was just such an altruistic 

622
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:27,110
group of people . And everybody went 

623
00:28:27,230 --> 00:28:30,170
and they all managed to get along 

624
00:28:30,830 --> 00:28:34,760
and they saved each other's lives and 

625
00:28:34,770 --> 00:28:36,950
they made it work . 

626
00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,380
The general had every camera in the 

627
00:28:41,380 --> 00:28:45,190
world on him and so did some of his 

628
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:49,170
aides like General Patton Macarthur . 

629
00:28:49,940 --> 00:28:52,710
These people , many of whom didn't even 

630
00:28:52,710 --> 00:28:56,140
make it home , have had almost no 

631
00:28:56,150 --> 00:29:00,020
recognition for what they did . And 

632
00:29:00,250 --> 00:29:04,220
this war represented all of 

633
00:29:04,220 --> 00:29:08,210
us in the States . I 

634
00:29:08,220 --> 00:29:10,387
think the general would say it's about 

635
00:29:10,387 --> 00:29:13,930
time . The war did 

636
00:29:13,930 --> 00:29:17,520
indeed represent all of us . Ambassador 

637
00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:19,631
carol Moseley braun , America's first 

638
00:29:19,631 --> 00:29:21,890
African American female senator honors 

639
00:29:21,890 --> 00:29:24,560
the memory of her grandfather and the 

640
00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:26,782
hundreds of thousands , just like him . 

641
00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:31,850
It is early fall in 1918 . Imagine 

642
00:29:31,850 --> 00:29:33,683
being an american service member 

643
00:29:33,683 --> 00:29:35,850
crouched down in the shrouded myths of 

644
00:29:35,850 --> 00:29:38,050
a french valley deep in the Argonne 

645
00:29:38,050 --> 00:29:40,750
forest , german gunfire erupts as 

646
00:29:40,750 --> 00:29:43,900
mortar rounds land nearby . You inch 

647
00:29:43,900 --> 00:29:46,067
forward toward the enemy with soldiers 

648
00:29:46,067 --> 00:29:48,233
from France and Belgium on either side 

649
00:29:48,233 --> 00:29:50,570
of you . The brutal fighting would last 

650
00:29:50,570 --> 00:29:53,230
nearly six weeks until an armistice was 

651
00:29:53,230 --> 00:29:55,090
reached between Allied forces in 

652
00:29:55,090 --> 00:29:58,170
Germany . On November 11 1918 , 

653
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,650
More than 350,000 African Americans 

654
00:30:01,650 --> 00:30:04,140
served during World War I . Through 

655
00:30:04,140 --> 00:30:06,130
their service , these brave men 

656
00:30:06,130 --> 00:30:09,250
demonstrated love of country patriotism 

657
00:30:09,260 --> 00:30:11,760
and the importance of equality . The 

658
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:13,927
paradox for African americans fighting 

659
00:30:13,927 --> 00:30:16,580
on the front lines in France was clear 

660
00:30:16,590 --> 00:30:18,520
they defended american's freedoms 

661
00:30:18,530 --> 00:30:21,070
abroad while being denied those very 

662
00:30:21,070 --> 00:30:23,300
same rights at home . Although the 

663
00:30:23,300 --> 00:30:25,400
Civil War had ended 50 years before 

664
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,100
World War began , racial discrimination 

665
00:30:28,100 --> 00:30:30,211
was common throughout most of America 

666
00:30:30,540 --> 00:30:33,130
Jim Crow laws enforced a culture of 

667
00:30:33,130 --> 00:30:35,890
segregation . African americans face 

668
00:30:35,890 --> 00:30:38,112
prejudice from their white counterparts 

669
00:30:38,112 --> 00:30:40,168
and the service and also on civilian 

670
00:30:40,168 --> 00:30:42,168
communities near stateside military 

671
00:30:42,168 --> 00:30:44,660
bases . Despite these hardships , 

672
00:30:44,750 --> 00:30:47,400
African americans served with honor and 

673
00:30:47,410 --> 00:30:49,560
earned respect from american troops , 

674
00:30:49,570 --> 00:30:52,330
allied service members and eventually 

675
00:30:52,340 --> 00:30:55,000
the american public . My grandfather 

676
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,111
thomas Davey , attached to the army's 

677
00:30:57,111 --> 00:30:59,490
10th cavalry regiment , famously known 

678
00:30:59,490 --> 00:31:01,810
as the Buffalo soldiers , was awarded a 

679
00:31:01,810 --> 00:31:04,032
U . S . Victory medal and fought in the 

680
00:31:04,032 --> 00:31:06,700
battle at Meuse Argonne . His cousin 

681
00:31:06,710 --> 00:31:08,950
who volunteered at the same time was 

682
00:31:08,950 --> 00:31:10,970
not so fortunate . His name is 

683
00:31:10,970 --> 00:31:13,640
memorialized on the statue in Chicago's 

684
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,170
Bronzeville neighborhood . Many others 

685
00:31:16,170 --> 00:31:19,120
gave their lives as well . Corporal 

686
00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:21,250
Freddie Stowers of south Carolina , 

687
00:31:21,260 --> 00:31:23,850
attached to the segregated 371st 

688
00:31:23,850 --> 00:31:26,210
Infantry Regiment was killed after 

689
00:31:26,210 --> 00:31:28,099
bravely leading american soldiers 

690
00:31:28,099 --> 00:31:30,360
against entrenched german forces during 

691
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:32,350
a battle in the Ardennes Forest 

692
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:34,618
Sergeant Henry Johnson of North 

693
00:31:34,618 --> 00:31:36,780
Carolina assigned to the all black 

694
00:31:36,790 --> 00:31:40,330
369th Army Infantry Regiment engaged in 

695
00:31:40,330 --> 00:31:42,900
hand to hand combat and saved the life 

696
00:31:42,900 --> 00:31:45,640
of a fellow soldier . Both men were 

697
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,950
awarded the Medal of Honor more than 70 

698
00:31:47,950 --> 00:31:51,450
years after their deaths , the 369th 

699
00:31:51,450 --> 00:31:53,470
regiment , known as the Harlem Hell 

700
00:31:53,470 --> 00:31:55,860
Fighters game renowned for their fierce 

701
00:31:55,860 --> 00:31:59,080
fighting and dedicated patriotism . The 

702
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,024
unit never had a member taking his 

703
00:32:01,024 --> 00:32:03,620
prisoner nor did lose a foot of ground 

704
00:32:03,630 --> 00:32:06,510
it defended while suffering 1500 

705
00:32:06,510 --> 00:32:09,460
casualties . More than 100 men received 

706
00:32:09,460 --> 00:32:13,330
awards for valor . The 369th Regiment 

707
00:32:13,330 --> 00:32:15,940
Van , led by director James Reese , 

708
00:32:15,940 --> 00:32:17,940
Europe . Played before thousands of 

709
00:32:17,940 --> 00:32:20,220
Americans and Europeans . It is 

710
00:32:20,220 --> 00:32:22,460
credited with introducing Europe to 

711
00:32:22,460 --> 00:32:25,520
jazz . The world War one centennial 

712
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:27,687
commission has endorsed the three 69th 

713
00:32:27,687 --> 00:32:29,870
experience enlisting musicians from 

714
00:32:29,870 --> 00:32:31,648
historically black colleges and 

715
00:32:31,648 --> 00:32:33,540
universities around the nation to 

716
00:32:33,540 --> 00:32:35,540
recreate the Harlem Hell fighters . 

717
00:32:35,540 --> 00:32:38,770
Three 69th regimental ban . Listen . 

718
00:32:58,340 --> 00:32:59,340
Yeah . 

719
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:39,540
Mhm . Yeah . Mhm . Yeah . 

720
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:02,440
Yeah . 

721
00:34:45,240 --> 00:34:46,460
Mm . Yeah . 

722
00:34:48,940 --> 00:34:52,040
When the 369th Regimental Army band 

723
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,460
returned home , they had become famous 

724
00:34:54,460 --> 00:34:56,700
throughout Europe and when peace 

725
00:34:56,700 --> 00:34:58,922
returned to the battlefields at the end 

726
00:34:58,922 --> 00:35:01,270
of World War One . So too , did a 

727
00:35:01,270 --> 00:35:03,620
simple red flower , the poppy 

728
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,610
immortalized in john Mcrae's famous 

729
00:35:06,610 --> 00:35:09,530
poem in flanders fields . This little 

730
00:35:09,530 --> 00:35:11,670
red flower today has become an 

731
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:14,290
international symbol of remembrance to 

732
00:35:14,290 --> 00:35:16,512
honour all who have died in the service 

733
00:35:16,512 --> 00:35:19,580
of their country . This floral tribute 

734
00:35:19,590 --> 00:35:22,530
will now also grow here , admits the 

735
00:35:22,530 --> 00:35:25,180
stone and metal of this great memorial 

736
00:35:25,220 --> 00:35:27,830
blooming every year as we keep faith 

737
00:35:27,830 --> 00:35:30,170
with those who lie in flanders fields . 

738
00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:34,351
America's National World War Memorial 

739
00:35:34,351 --> 00:35:36,190
has become a reality through the 

740
00:35:36,190 --> 00:35:38,246
collective efforts of many people in 

741
00:35:38,246 --> 00:35:41,010
organizations , foremost among them is 

742
00:35:41,010 --> 00:35:42,843
the Pritzker Military Museum and 

743
00:35:42,843 --> 00:35:45,050
library , founding sponsor of the US 

744
00:35:45,050 --> 00:35:47,161
World War One centennial commission . 

745
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:49,502
Without the support of Colonel Jennifer 

746
00:35:49,502 --> 00:35:51,780
Pritzker , its founder and share woman , 

747
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,007
his accomplishment would not have been 

748
00:35:54,007 --> 00:35:57,960
possible . Mhm World War One was often 

749
00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:00,050
referred to as the Forgotten War . 

750
00:36:00,430 --> 00:36:02,830
However , the new National World War 

751
00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,550
Memorial and this first colours 

752
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:08,190
ceremony draws public attention To 

753
00:36:08,190 --> 00:36:11,710
these events of 100 years ago as the 

754
00:36:11,710 --> 00:36:14,140
descendant of World War One veterans 

755
00:36:14,500 --> 00:36:16,440
and the founder and share of the 

756
00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:19,170
Pritzker Military Museum and Library . 

757
00:36:19,940 --> 00:36:22,200
I am proud that this memorial will 

758
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,840
ensure we as a nation remember their 

759
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:28,850
service For 100 years more . 

760
00:36:30,630 --> 00:36:32,840
Shortly after the end of World War 

761
00:36:32,850 --> 00:36:34,860
Congress established the american 

762
00:36:34,860 --> 00:36:37,430
battle monuments Commission . General 

763
00:36:37,430 --> 00:36:40,250
William M . Mats , jr 8th Secretary of 

764
00:36:40,250 --> 00:36:43,460
the ABCC now charts the path of the 

765
00:36:43,460 --> 00:36:45,738
commemorative flag we will raise today . 

766
00:36:47,030 --> 00:36:49,060
I'm proud to stand here before this 

767
00:36:49,060 --> 00:36:51,380
statue of general , the army's john J . 

768
00:36:51,380 --> 00:36:53,580
Pershing commander of the american 

769
00:36:53,580 --> 00:36:56,540
expeditionary forces in World War and 

770
00:36:56,540 --> 00:36:58,484
the first chairman of the american 

771
00:36:58,484 --> 00:37:00,040
battle monuments commission 

772
00:37:00,730 --> 00:37:03,030
Commemorating the service and sacrifice 

773
00:37:03,030 --> 00:37:05,290
of the United States armed forces has 

774
00:37:05,290 --> 00:37:07,234
been the purpose of the commission 

775
00:37:07,234 --> 00:37:10,410
since 1923 And we do this at 26 

776
00:37:10,420 --> 00:37:13,360
overseas military cemeteries and 30 

777
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:15,880
battle monuments and memorials in 17 

778
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:19,270
countries . More than 233,000 

779
00:37:19,270 --> 00:37:22,250
Americans are interred or memorialized 

780
00:37:22,260 --> 00:37:24,300
at a BMC . commemorative sites 

781
00:37:24,300 --> 00:37:27,630
worldwide , 35,000 of whom gave their 

782
00:37:27,630 --> 00:37:31,060
all during World War I and to honor 

783
00:37:31,060 --> 00:37:33,360
their memory , A commemorative american 

784
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:35,260
flag will soon fly over this 

785
00:37:35,260 --> 00:37:38,010
magnificent memorial . It will fly in 

786
00:37:38,010 --> 00:37:40,280
perpetuity and the path that has taken 

787
00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:43,090
to this place and time represents the 

788
00:37:43,090 --> 00:37:45,400
epic journey of the doughboys to France 

789
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:48,230
and back home again . The commemorative 

790
00:37:48,230 --> 00:37:50,790
flag , first flu at the capitol , where 

791
00:37:50,790 --> 00:37:52,957
it signaled our nation's commitment to 

792
00:37:52,957 --> 00:37:55,240
join the fight . It then traveled 

793
00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:57,296
overseas where it was flown over the 

794
00:37:57,296 --> 00:37:59,296
final resting places of our honored 

795
00:37:59,296 --> 00:38:02,300
heroes who fell during World War One in 

796
00:38:02,300 --> 00:38:05,100
the service of freedom . Many of them 

797
00:38:05,100 --> 00:38:07,360
lie in the very ground on which they 

798
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:11,070
fought . The flag . Then came home , as 

799
00:38:11,070 --> 00:38:13,126
did nearly two million Americans who 

800
00:38:13,126 --> 00:38:15,240
returned from the bloody battlefields 

801
00:38:15,240 --> 00:38:18,180
of Europe . It flew over the iconic 

802
00:38:18,180 --> 00:38:20,680
liberty Memorial in Kansas city , home 

803
00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:22,847
of the National World War One Museum . 

804
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:26,070
Its journey ends here today at the new 

805
00:38:26,070 --> 00:38:28,840
National World War One Memorial . I 

806
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,850
speak for all of us at a BMC to say how 

807
00:38:31,850 --> 00:38:34,320
proud we are that this great memorial 

808
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:37,050
will be added to our sacred sites to be 

809
00:38:37,050 --> 00:38:39,050
maintained in the same reverend and 

810
00:38:39,050 --> 00:38:41,450
meticulous manner as all its sister 

811
00:38:41,450 --> 00:38:44,210
sites around the world . Let there be 

812
00:38:44,210 --> 00:38:46,870
no doubt the flag of our nation under 

813
00:38:46,870 --> 00:38:49,480
which I and so many others serve will 

814
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:51,200
fly proudly on this site 

815
00:38:51,210 --> 00:38:53,540
forever 

816
00:38:55,420 --> 00:38:59,260
if tomorrow all the things we're gone , 

817
00:38:59,270 --> 00:39:02,890
I'd work for all my life and I 

818
00:39:02,890 --> 00:39:06,390
had to start again with just my 

819
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:10,230
Children and my wife . I think 

820
00:39:10,230 --> 00:39:13,910
my lucky stars to be living 

821
00:39:13,910 --> 00:39:17,620
here today where the flag still 

822
00:39:17,620 --> 00:39:20,940
stands for freedom and they can't take 

823
00:39:20,940 --> 00:39:21,430
that 

824
00:39:21,430 --> 00:39:26,470
away 

825
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:30,200
and I'm proud to be an american where 

826
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:33,740
at least I know I'm free and I 

827
00:39:33,740 --> 00:39:37,670
won't forget the men who die who gave 

828
00:39:37,670 --> 00:39:41,600
that right to me And I'm glad you stand 

829
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:45,590
up . Let's do you and defend her still 

830
00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:48,200
today because arena 

831
00:40:06,310 --> 00:40:08,920
from the lakes of 

832
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:12,460
Minnesota to the hills of 

833
00:40:12,470 --> 00:40:16,360
Tennessee , across the plains of 

834
00:40:16,370 --> 00:40:19,670
texas . Oh from sea to shining 

835
00:40:20,050 --> 00:40:23,450
sea , from Detroit down to 

836
00:40:23,450 --> 00:40:27,250
Houston new york to L . A . 

837
00:40:27,260 --> 00:40:30,970
Where there's pride in every american 

838
00:40:30,970 --> 00:40:33,580
heart . Any time we stand and 

839
00:40:36,310 --> 00:40:40,260
I'm proud to be 

840
00:40:40,260 --> 00:40:43,990
an american were released . I'm 

841
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:47,950
free and I won't forget the men 

842
00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:52,730
right me and I grabbed me . 

843
00:40:54,710 --> 00:40:57,390
You and defend her still 

844
00:40:57,410 --> 00:40:58,860
today . 

845
00:41:27,710 --> 00:41:31,520
Yeah , next to you and defend 

846
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:35,310
her still today because there ain't no 

847
00:41:35,310 --> 00:41:37,250
doubt I love this . 

848
00:41:55,210 --> 00:41:57,321
Our nation's highest ranking military 

849
00:41:57,321 --> 00:41:59,377
officer is the Chairman of the Joint 

850
00:41:59,377 --> 00:42:02,210
Chiefs of Staff who also serves as 

851
00:42:02,210 --> 00:42:04,130
principal military adviser to the 

852
00:42:04,130 --> 00:42:06,890
President . Secretary of Defense and 

853
00:42:06,900 --> 00:42:09,660
National Security Council . General 

854
00:42:09,660 --> 00:42:11,650
Mark Milley , 20th chairman of the 

855
00:42:11,650 --> 00:42:14,170
joint staff , speaks for all Americans 

856
00:42:14,180 --> 00:42:17,360
who have worn the uniform . The 

857
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:19,590
National World War Memorial is a 

858
00:42:19,590 --> 00:42:21,423
testament to the strength of the 

859
00:42:21,423 --> 00:42:23,590
american people and honors the bravery 

860
00:42:23,590 --> 00:42:25,757
and sacrifice our warriors made during 

861
00:42:25,757 --> 00:42:28,240
the Great War . Thank you to all and 

862
00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:30,540
made it happen . It is my honor to 

863
00:42:30,540 --> 00:42:33,480
represent the 2.3 million soldiers , 

864
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:35,536
sailors , airmen , marines and coast 

865
00:42:35,536 --> 00:42:37,758
guardsmen who are currently serving our 

866
00:42:37,758 --> 00:42:39,650
country around the world and I am 

867
00:42:39,650 --> 00:42:41,740
privileged to be with you today . To 

868
00:42:41,740 --> 00:42:44,420
recognize and salute the courage of all 

869
00:42:44,420 --> 00:42:46,753
those who served in the First World War . 

870
00:42:47,700 --> 00:42:50,100
It is our duty to remember what they 

871
00:42:50,100 --> 00:42:52,230
fought for and why they fought , 

872
00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:55,733
thought to be the war . To end all wars , 

873
00:42:55,890 --> 00:42:57,690
those who lived it , experience 

874
00:42:57,690 --> 00:43:00,000
unimaginable carnage and by the end of 

875
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,100
the conflict it ripped apart for 

876
00:43:02,100 --> 00:43:05,050
empires And killed more than 22 million 

877
00:43:05,050 --> 00:43:08,230
people And it set the conditions for 

878
00:43:08,230 --> 00:43:11,310
World War II 20 years later , which was 

879
00:43:11,310 --> 00:43:13,199
the most destructive war in human 

880
00:43:13,199 --> 00:43:17,070
history . 102 years later today , we 

881
00:43:17,070 --> 00:43:19,237
are still feeling the effects of World 

882
00:43:19,237 --> 00:43:21,620
War I as it was one of the most 

883
00:43:21,620 --> 00:43:23,930
significant events to fundamentally 

884
00:43:23,930 --> 00:43:25,620
shape the modern world . 

885
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:29,610
116,000 American service members made 

886
00:43:29,610 --> 00:43:32,350
the ultimate sacrifice And more than 

887
00:43:32,510 --> 00:43:36,480
200,000 came back wounded in action , a 

888
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:40,110
war stalemate trenches and nutrition . 

889
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:43,640
American forces fought with bravery and 

890
00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:46,550
heroism and famous battles such as 

891
00:43:46,550 --> 00:43:49,920
Cantigny Bella Wooden . These are gone . 

892
00:43:50,900 --> 00:43:53,620
one of those soldiers Alvin C . York , 

893
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,320
It was a humble man , a hero really 

894
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:59,090
from Tennessee , one of the most 

895
00:43:59,100 --> 00:44:01,211
decorated soldiers of World War One . 

896
00:44:01,790 --> 00:44:04,030
He exemplifies the courage , patriotism 

897
00:44:04,030 --> 00:44:06,141
and valor . So many service members , 

898
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:08,670
the amazing story of Sergeant york is 

899
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:11,130
forever immortalized in the annals of 

900
00:44:11,130 --> 00:44:14,580
american courage under fire . And now 

901
00:44:14,730 --> 00:44:16,730
I'm delighted to introduce Sergeant 

902
00:44:16,730 --> 00:44:18,897
york , grandson , Colonel Gerald Yorke 

903
00:44:18,990 --> 00:44:20,920
to tell the rest of the story . 

904
00:44:25,790 --> 00:44:27,901
When I was a kid , we would watch the 

905
00:44:27,901 --> 00:44:30,550
movie and everybody always wanted to be 

906
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:32,782
my grandfather . I'm like , no , I need 

907
00:44:32,782 --> 00:44:36,260
to be my grandfather . You know , mm my 

908
00:44:36,260 --> 00:44:38,482
grandfather really didn't want to go to 

909
00:44:38,482 --> 00:44:40,649
war . Do you ever see his draft card ? 

910
00:44:40,649 --> 00:44:43,340
It says don't want to fight . He ended 

911
00:44:43,340 --> 00:44:45,880
up getting drafted and he told him I've 

912
00:44:45,890 --> 00:44:48,190
made my peace . I haven't worked out 

913
00:44:48,190 --> 00:44:50,760
about killing people , but I do wanna 

914
00:44:50,770 --> 00:44:54,220
go support my country . Mhm 

915
00:44:55,890 --> 00:44:59,010
mhm . Mhm mhm . 

916
00:45:01,090 --> 00:45:04,610
The battle was on October 8 1918 by 

917
00:45:04,610 --> 00:45:06,777
side . A little village called to tell 

918
00:45:06,777 --> 00:45:09,450
Sherry in France . There was heavy 

919
00:45:09,450 --> 00:45:12,820
machine gun fire and he saw his friends 

920
00:45:12,820 --> 00:45:15,680
being killed Every time the Germans 

921
00:45:15,690 --> 00:45:18,510
would raise their head to shoot , he 

922
00:45:18,510 --> 00:45:21,540
would touch them off . There was a 

923
00:45:21,550 --> 00:45:23,717
german officer he had captured earlier 

924
00:45:23,717 --> 00:45:26,810
said if you will stop killing 

925
00:45:27,390 --> 00:45:30,270
my people , I'll make the rest of them 

926
00:45:30,270 --> 00:45:32,480
surrender . Now at this point he had 

927
00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:36,290
already killed 20 or 23 of them . He 

928
00:45:36,290 --> 00:45:38,346
didn't want to kill anymore . He had 

929
00:45:38,346 --> 00:45:41,480
100 and 32 prisoners . And so as they 

930
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:43,890
marched Mac through the lines , asked 

931
00:45:43,890 --> 00:45:45,946
the german officer , which way would 

932
00:45:45,946 --> 00:45:47,946
you go ? We need to get back to the 

933
00:45:47,946 --> 00:45:50,780
american lines And a german officer 

934
00:45:50,780 --> 00:45:53,710
said I'd go this way . My grandfather 

935
00:45:53,710 --> 00:45:55,766
said , okay , we're going this way . 

936
00:45:55,766 --> 00:45:59,670
Then My grandfather , 

937
00:45:59,670 --> 00:46:01,670
when he came back was offered about 

938
00:46:01,670 --> 00:46:05,450
$250,000 in 1919 money 

939
00:46:05,460 --> 00:46:09,450
to endorse various things . And he said , 

940
00:46:09,460 --> 00:46:12,230
I did what I had to do to save my 

941
00:46:12,240 --> 00:46:15,480
comrades . And so no , the uniforms not 

942
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:16,100
for sale . 

943
00:46:19,780 --> 00:46:21,790
The things he's left me . And the 

944
00:46:21,790 --> 00:46:23,957
things of his that my grandmother gave 

945
00:46:23,957 --> 00:46:26,123
me after he passed away really means a 

946
00:46:26,123 --> 00:46:30,000
lot . It keeps me connected to him . 

947
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:30,990
Oh , 

948
00:46:35,380 --> 00:46:39,340
He spoke to the 82nd All American 

949
00:46:39,340 --> 00:46:41,520
Division as they were reactivated for 

950
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:44,070
World War II . He told them when we 

951
00:46:44,070 --> 00:46:46,360
fought the war , we thought we had won 

952
00:46:46,370 --> 00:46:49,070
the peace . But what we found out was 

953
00:46:49,080 --> 00:46:51,600
we just made a payment on our freedom 

954
00:46:52,180 --> 00:46:54,347
And now there's another payment . Come 

955
00:46:54,347 --> 00:46:56,402
and do that . We're going to have to 

956
00:46:56,580 --> 00:46:58,600
pay up again . You have to make 

957
00:46:58,610 --> 00:47:01,080
continual installments on it to keep 

958
00:47:01,090 --> 00:47:03,210
the peace and keep freedom . Mhm . 

959
00:47:07,180 --> 00:47:09,390
He was asked later in life what do you 

960
00:47:09,390 --> 00:47:12,330
want to be remembered for your actions 

961
00:47:12,330 --> 00:47:14,386
in France being awarded the Medal of 

962
00:47:14,386 --> 00:47:17,890
Honor meeting the President and he said 

963
00:47:17,890 --> 00:47:20,080
I want my legacy to be that I brought 

964
00:47:20,090 --> 00:47:22,980
education to rural Tennessee . Yeah . 

965
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:27,700
You know when I think of my grandfather 

966
00:47:28,500 --> 00:47:32,130
I don't think of the soldier I think 

967
00:47:32,140 --> 00:47:35,200
of this person who was kind 

968
00:47:35,580 --> 00:47:38,850
consider it . He left a great legacy 

969
00:47:38,850 --> 00:47:41,610
for the family . And I think in some 

970
00:47:41,610 --> 00:47:43,480
ways left a good example for the 

971
00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:44,000
country 

972
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:51,447
when the U . S . Went to war a century 

973
00:47:51,447 --> 00:47:54,050
ago in World War One . We all went to 

974
00:47:54,050 --> 00:47:57,350
war . Young men of all backgrounds and 

975
00:47:57,350 --> 00:48:00,620
ethnicities and women too . A great 

976
00:48:00,620 --> 00:48:02,453
example of their service was the 

977
00:48:02,453 --> 00:48:04,398
Volunteers who served as telephone 

978
00:48:04,398 --> 00:48:07,150
operators at the front . Indeed , they 

979
00:48:07,150 --> 00:48:10,410
made history . It's a little known but 

980
00:48:10,410 --> 00:48:12,243
fascinating story . When General 

981
00:48:12,243 --> 00:48:14,610
Pershing saw the critical need for more 

982
00:48:14,610 --> 00:48:17,210
effective telephone communications , he 

983
00:48:17,210 --> 00:48:19,321
was told the very best operators were 

984
00:48:19,321 --> 00:48:21,620
women . So he sent out a call of his 

985
00:48:21,620 --> 00:48:25,070
own for 200 female telephone operators 

986
00:48:25,230 --> 00:48:27,920
to serve in the army in France . They 

987
00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:30,590
needed to be bilingual in english and 

988
00:48:30,590 --> 00:48:33,070
french and able to perform in a combat 

989
00:48:33,080 --> 00:48:35,860
environment . These women answered the 

990
00:48:35,860 --> 00:48:39,230
call and came to be known as the Hello 

991
00:48:39,230 --> 00:48:42,270
Girls during the wars centennial period 

992
00:48:42,270 --> 00:48:45,440
cara ratio and peter mills wrote , 

993
00:48:45,450 --> 00:48:48,720
Hello Girls , the musical . The story 

994
00:48:48,720 --> 00:48:50,880
of those remarkable women and their 

995
00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:53,000
quest to serve their nation in France 

996
00:48:53,010 --> 00:48:55,680
on the front lines under our flag . 

997
00:48:56,380 --> 00:48:59,200
Hello girls truly made history then and 

998
00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:02,090
we're honored to remember them today . 

999
00:49:08,870 --> 00:49:10,981
Each of us helped when the battle was 

1000
00:49:10,981 --> 00:49:14,800
down to the wire . All of the women 

1001
00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:18,540
and men who came through under fire 

1002
00:49:18,820 --> 00:49:21,350
and maybe not one of us saved the day . 

1003
00:49:21,350 --> 00:49:25,110
But maybe together we all did when the 

1004
00:49:25,110 --> 00:49:28,340
call got through , when the hill was 

1005
00:49:28,350 --> 00:49:31,690
taken when the tide was turned and the 

1006
00:49:31,700 --> 00:49:35,330
world was she 

1007
00:49:35,380 --> 00:49:39,290
all are making history 

1008
00:49:39,670 --> 00:49:43,200
every moment we 

1009
00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:45,480
each have a world 

1010
00:49:49,890 --> 00:49:53,650
we go through and the smallest 

1011
00:49:53,660 --> 00:49:56,340
things we do making 

1012
00:49:56,350 --> 00:50:00,280
history . Every 

1013
00:50:00,290 --> 00:50:04,220
hello girls connected over 

1014
00:50:04,220 --> 00:50:07,490
26 million calls during their service 

1015
00:50:07,500 --> 00:50:10,080
as America's first women soldiers . 

1016
00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:12,480
They paved the way for women's suffrage . 

1017
00:50:12,490 --> 00:50:14,712
After the war was over , they continued 

1018
00:50:14,712 --> 00:50:16,490
their fight for recognition and 

1019
00:50:16,490 --> 00:50:18,980
equality for almost 60 years . Until 

1020
00:50:18,980 --> 00:50:22,280
finally , in 1977 , the Hello girls 

1021
00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:24,400
were granted veteran status by the US 

1022
00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:25,170
Congress 

1023
00:50:46,580 --> 00:50:50,380
because his dreams 

1024
00:50:50,380 --> 00:50:52,130
affected by 

1025
00:50:53,310 --> 00:50:56,970
intersected by a million dreams 

1026
00:50:56,980 --> 00:50:58,570
connected part of 

1027
00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:10,250
history . 

1028
00:52:00,150 --> 00:52:01,350
Million with 

1029
00:52:11,610 --> 00:52:13,777
Hello girls answered the call and took 

1030
00:52:13,777 --> 00:52:15,943
their place in history as our nation's 

1031
00:52:15,943 --> 00:52:18,640
first women soldiers today as the stars 

1032
00:52:18,640 --> 00:52:20,584
and stripes is raised for the very 

1033
00:52:20,584 --> 00:52:23,860
first time over America's new National 

1034
00:52:23,860 --> 00:52:26,060
World War One memorial . We are proud 

1035
00:52:26,060 --> 00:52:28,060
to honor their contributions to the 

1036
00:52:28,060 --> 00:52:30,116
cause of freedom . Their memory will 

1037
00:52:30,116 --> 00:52:33,810
live on as the 

1038
00:52:33,810 --> 00:52:36,470
53rd secretary of the interior , David 

1039
00:52:36,470 --> 00:52:38,526
Bernhardt led the department , which 

1040
00:52:38,526 --> 00:52:40,470
includes the National Park Service 

1041
00:52:40,470 --> 00:52:42,526
throughout the construction phase of 

1042
00:52:42,526 --> 00:52:44,526
the memorial . Today would not have 

1043
00:52:44,526 --> 00:52:46,581
been possible without his leadership 

1044
00:52:46,581 --> 00:52:49,790
and support . It has been my honor to 

1045
00:52:49,790 --> 00:52:51,600
lead the department during the 

1046
00:52:51,600 --> 00:52:53,930
construction of America's newest 

1047
00:52:53,930 --> 00:52:56,480
national memorial . I want to thank the 

1048
00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:58,702
members of the World War One centennial 

1049
00:52:58,702 --> 00:53:01,240
commission , members of Congress and 

1050
00:53:01,240 --> 00:53:03,490
the nation wide network of donors and 

1051
00:53:03,490 --> 00:53:05,580
supporters for what you have 

1052
00:53:05,580 --> 00:53:08,530
collectively accomplished here in our 

1053
00:53:08,530 --> 00:53:10,670
nation's capital . Americans who 

1054
00:53:10,670 --> 00:53:12,837
answered their country's call to serve 

1055
00:53:12,890 --> 00:53:16,660
in Vietnam Korea and World War Two are 

1056
00:53:16,660 --> 00:53:19,890
memorialized and now at long last , 

1057
00:53:20,070 --> 00:53:22,280
we've also kept the faith with those 

1058
00:53:22,280 --> 00:53:24,490
who served in World War One . The 

1059
00:53:24,490 --> 00:53:26,890
stories shared today illuminate the 

1060
00:53:26,890 --> 00:53:29,057
legacy of their achievements and their 

1061
00:53:29,057 --> 00:53:31,950
sacrifice , a heritage vital to our 

1062
00:53:31,950 --> 00:53:34,060
national memory and identity . 

1063
00:53:36,050 --> 00:53:38,880
As the 54th Secretary of the Interior , 

1064
00:53:39,010 --> 00:53:41,330
it is my honor to lead your Department 

1065
00:53:41,330 --> 00:53:43,320
of the Interior and our charge to 

1066
00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:45,570
conserve and manage our nation's 

1067
00:53:45,570 --> 00:53:48,000
natural resources and cultural heritage 

1068
00:53:48,010 --> 00:53:50,400
for the benefit and enjoyment of the 

1069
00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:53,170
american people as the proud daughter 

1070
00:53:53,180 --> 00:53:55,380
and granddaughter of Navy and Marine 

1071
00:53:55,380 --> 00:53:57,540
Corps Veterans . I'm honored that one 

1072
00:53:57,540 --> 00:53:59,600
of my first acts since assuming this 

1073
00:53:59,600 --> 00:54:02,530
office is to establish this National 

1074
00:54:02,540 --> 00:54:05,730
World War One Memorial . My grandfather , 

1075
00:54:05,730 --> 00:54:07,700
Conrad Holland served as a gunnery 

1076
00:54:07,700 --> 00:54:10,070
sergeant during World War I and my 

1077
00:54:10,070 --> 00:54:12,650
great uncle , private Oscar Holland 

1078
00:54:12,810 --> 00:54:16,200
served in the 168th Infantry , seeing 

1079
00:54:16,200 --> 00:54:18,256
combat in some of the hardest fought 

1080
00:54:18,256 --> 00:54:20,520
battles . American soldiers faced 

1081
00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:22,350
during the war , including the 

1082
00:54:22,350 --> 00:54:24,820
Champagne Marne Offensive , whose name 

1083
00:54:24,820 --> 00:54:27,780
appears on this memorial . My mother is 

1084
00:54:27,780 --> 00:54:29,900
a Navy veteran who also served as a 

1085
00:54:29,900 --> 00:54:32,011
civil servant at the Bureau of Indian 

1086
00:54:32,011 --> 00:54:34,810
Affairs for 25 years as she raised four 

1087
00:54:34,810 --> 00:54:38,150
kids as a Marine Corps wife . My father , 

1088
00:54:38,160 --> 00:54:40,850
J . D . Dutch Holland was a 30-year 

1089
00:54:40,850 --> 00:54:43,200
career marine who earned two purple 

1090
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:45,210
hearts and a silver star for 

1091
00:54:45,210 --> 00:54:48,210
conspicuous gallantry in action during 

1092
00:54:48,210 --> 00:54:51,150
his two year tour in Vietnam . Just 

1093
00:54:51,150 --> 00:54:53,210
last week , my sisters and I visited 

1094
00:54:53,210 --> 00:54:55,700
his grave site across the potomac in 

1095
00:54:55,710 --> 00:54:58,680
Arlington National Cemetery as the 

1096
00:54:58,680 --> 00:55:01,030
daughter of a combat veteran . It's not 

1097
00:55:01,030 --> 00:55:03,510
lost on me that the veterans of World 

1098
00:55:03,510 --> 00:55:06,090
War One never lived to see a national 

1099
00:55:06,090 --> 00:55:08,680
memorial to their service and sacrifice 

1100
00:55:08,690 --> 00:55:11,530
here in our nation's capital , a place 

1101
00:55:11,530 --> 00:55:13,697
where their families could share their 

1102
00:55:13,697 --> 00:55:17,170
stories and heal their group today . We 

1103
00:55:17,170 --> 00:55:20,610
right that wrong today . We remember 

1104
00:55:20,610 --> 00:55:23,470
them on behalf of President Biden and 

1105
00:55:23,470 --> 00:55:25,880
the Congress of the United States and 

1106
00:55:25,880 --> 00:55:28,660
on behalf of a grateful nation . It is 

1107
00:55:28,660 --> 00:55:31,650
my honor to officially authorized that 

1108
00:55:31,660 --> 00:55:34,730
our american flag be flown over the 

1109
00:55:34,730 --> 00:55:37,120
World War One memorial in Washington , 

1110
00:55:37,120 --> 00:55:40,240
D . C . Beginning today , friday april 

1111
00:55:40,240 --> 00:55:43,860
16th 2021 . That flag should be 

1112
00:55:43,860 --> 00:55:46,400
flown every day in honor and in memory 

1113
00:55:46,410 --> 00:55:49,190
of all who served our nation during the 

1114
00:55:49,190 --> 00:55:52,850
Great War . I assure you as caretakers 

1115
00:55:52,860 --> 00:55:55,240
of this memorial . The National Park 

1116
00:55:55,240 --> 00:55:57,880
Service will be here every day of every 

1117
00:55:57,880 --> 00:56:00,530
year watching over this memorial to 

1118
00:56:00,530 --> 00:56:03,260
keep it and protected and to pass along 

1119
00:56:03,260 --> 00:56:05,530
the stories of the heroism told here 

1120
00:56:05,540 --> 00:56:08,150
for future generations of americans . 

1121
00:56:08,430 --> 00:56:10,580
Their deeds will forever be enshrined 

1122
00:56:10,580 --> 00:56:12,691
in this memorial because of the great 

1123
00:56:12,691 --> 00:56:14,858
work done by the architect Gio , which 

1124
00:56:14,858 --> 00:56:17,040
are and the design team who in close 

1125
00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:19,040
consultation with the Commission of 

1126
00:56:19,040 --> 00:56:22,130
Fine Arts and so many others created 

1127
00:56:22,130 --> 00:56:24,960
this sacred space . It is truly a 

1128
00:56:24,960 --> 00:56:26,990
remarkable accomplishment and a 

1129
00:56:26,990 --> 00:56:29,240
fascinating story . Thank you . 

1130
00:56:33,330 --> 00:56:35,552
The thing that matters most to me about 

1131
00:56:35,552 --> 00:56:37,552
this project is that the people who 

1132
00:56:37,552 --> 00:56:40,080
come and visit will walk away knowing 

1133
00:56:40,080 --> 00:56:42,350
something more about World War One . 

1134
00:56:42,730 --> 00:56:45,220
What we want to do is really start 

1135
00:56:45,230 --> 00:56:47,174
telling the stories of the men and 

1136
00:56:47,174 --> 00:56:50,580
women who served throughout the 

1137
00:56:50,580 --> 00:56:53,360
memorial and throughout the additional 

1138
00:56:53,360 --> 00:56:55,527
content being provided through the app 

1139
00:56:55,527 --> 00:56:57,638
and the website . People will be able 

1140
00:56:57,638 --> 00:56:59,693
to access these stories in ways that 

1141
00:56:59,693 --> 00:57:01,693
they've never been able to before . 

1142
00:57:01,693 --> 00:57:03,804
When you come to the memorial , there 

1143
00:57:03,804 --> 00:57:05,971
are so many different parts and pieces 

1144
00:57:05,971 --> 00:57:09,130
to look at and engage with . There are 

1145
00:57:09,130 --> 00:57:11,850
the quotes that tell the stories taken 

1146
00:57:11,850 --> 00:57:14,080
directly from the writings of the 

1147
00:57:14,080 --> 00:57:16,830
people who were in the war . There are 

1148
00:57:16,830 --> 00:57:19,500
the sounds of the cascade fountains 

1149
00:57:19,510 --> 00:57:21,980
that drown out the noise of the city 

1150
00:57:21,980 --> 00:57:23,536
and create a place of quiet 

1151
00:57:23,536 --> 00:57:26,520
contemplation . The sculpture itself is 

1152
00:57:26,520 --> 00:57:30,270
really the focus and there's no way to 

1153
00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:32,391
come to the memorial and not to stand 

1154
00:57:32,391 --> 00:57:35,030
in all of that sculpture . What's even 

1155
00:57:35,030 --> 00:57:37,780
Howard has brought to the project is 

1156
00:57:37,790 --> 00:57:40,760
just an amazing sense and understanding 

1157
00:57:40,760 --> 00:57:44,420
of composition and storytelling and he 

1158
00:57:44,420 --> 00:57:47,600
can take an image or a set of images 

1159
00:57:47,610 --> 00:57:50,790
and through the actions of each of the 

1160
00:57:50,790 --> 00:57:53,410
figures . Give you something that has 

1161
00:57:53,410 --> 00:57:56,350
movement to it and volume 

1162
00:57:58,030 --> 00:58:00,900
rather than just having one storyline 

1163
00:58:00,900 --> 00:58:03,800
that sort of wove its way through . You 

1164
00:58:03,800 --> 00:58:07,060
get sort of macro and micro scales of 

1165
00:58:07,070 --> 00:58:09,292
how the country was changing during the 

1166
00:58:09,292 --> 00:58:12,520
war , how the war changed individuals 

1167
00:58:12,770 --> 00:58:15,760
and how the world changed . We wanted 

1168
00:58:15,760 --> 00:58:17,950
to create a memorial that really had a 

1169
00:58:17,950 --> 00:58:21,390
1-1 connection between the visitor and 

1170
00:58:21,390 --> 00:58:24,470
the memorial itself . So when you stand 

1171
00:58:24,470 --> 00:58:27,060
in front of the figures in saving 

1172
00:58:27,060 --> 00:58:29,990
sculpture , they don't loom over you in 

1173
00:58:29,990 --> 00:58:33,890
this grandiose way This memorial 

1174
00:58:33,890 --> 00:58:36,210
will really be a memorial of the 21st 

1175
00:58:36,210 --> 00:58:39,170
century . It has technological 

1176
00:58:39,170 --> 00:58:41,337
components that have never really been 

1177
00:58:41,337 --> 00:58:43,890
done either at this scale or being 

1178
00:58:43,890 --> 00:58:45,650
applied to a memorial . 

1179
00:58:47,220 --> 00:58:49,810
The augmented reality , the virtual 

1180
00:58:49,810 --> 00:58:52,280
reality , those kinds of things just 

1181
00:58:52,290 --> 00:58:54,290
didn't even exist . When we started 

1182
00:58:54,290 --> 00:58:57,420
this project , the app works both as a 

1183
00:58:57,420 --> 00:59:00,180
standalone app that you can use from 

1184
00:59:00,180 --> 00:59:02,490
your living room or you can use it in 

1185
00:59:02,490 --> 00:59:04,420
the park itself and will pop up 

1186
00:59:04,430 --> 00:59:06,541
different bits of information and the 

1187
00:59:06,541 --> 00:59:08,652
different pieces of augmented reality 

1188
00:59:08,652 --> 00:59:12,460
as you need or want them and proudest 

1189
00:59:12,470 --> 00:59:15,500
of the fact that the people who worked 

1190
00:59:15,500 --> 00:59:18,130
on this project were committed from day 

1191
00:59:18,130 --> 00:59:21,750
one , every person I met in this 

1192
00:59:21,750 --> 00:59:24,530
journey all got very passionate about 

1193
00:59:24,540 --> 00:59:26,810
the things that they wanted to see the 

1194
00:59:26,810 --> 00:59:29,650
design speak to and having such an 

1195
00:59:29,650 --> 00:59:31,860
excellent team and sounding board of 

1196
00:59:31,870 --> 00:59:34,180
people who could bounce ideas off of 

1197
00:59:34,190 --> 00:59:36,357
has just been an absolute pleasure for 

1198
00:59:36,357 --> 00:59:38,920
me . This process has made me do that 

1199
00:59:38,920 --> 00:59:41,260
deep dive and learn more about World 

1200
00:59:41,260 --> 00:59:44,380
War One and really connect with it . If 

1201
00:59:44,390 --> 00:59:46,880
people come to this memorial and they 

1202
00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:49,620
walk away saying I know something more , 

1203
00:59:49,630 --> 00:59:53,240
then I think mission accomplished . 

1204
00:59:54,720 --> 00:59:58,270
Yeah , All right . This is America's 

1205
00:59:58,280 --> 01:00:00,930
memorial . It belongs to every one of 

1206
01:00:00,930 --> 01:00:02,770
us . And it began with a truly 

1207
01:00:02,770 --> 01:00:04,960
bipartisan effort that built a 

1208
01:00:04,960 --> 01:00:08,090
foundation for success . Senator mitch 

1209
01:00:08,090 --> 01:00:11,030
McConnell was instrumental in helping 

1210
01:00:11,030 --> 01:00:13,480
to transform a seemingly distant vision 

1211
01:00:13,490 --> 01:00:17,030
into a vital reality . Hello , I'm 

1212
01:00:17,030 --> 01:00:20,240
Senator mitch McConnell Back in 1914 , 

1213
01:00:20,240 --> 01:00:22,296
a reporter from my state of Kentucky 

1214
01:00:22,296 --> 01:00:24,240
named Urban Cobb became one of the 

1215
01:00:24,240 --> 01:00:26,351
first American journalists to witness 

1216
01:00:26,351 --> 01:00:28,518
the Great War writing for the saturday 

1217
01:00:28,518 --> 01:00:30,684
evening post . He said , quote , I saw 

1218
01:00:30,684 --> 01:00:32,851
enough to cure any man of the delusion 

1219
01:00:32,851 --> 01:00:34,796
of war is beautiful , glorious and 

1220
01:00:34,796 --> 01:00:37,018
inspiring thing and to make him know it 

1221
01:00:37,018 --> 01:00:39,660
for what it is altogether hideous and 

1222
01:00:39,660 --> 01:00:43,630
utterly awful . Before the armistice , 

1223
01:00:43,630 --> 01:00:46,020
41,000 of his fellow Kentucky ins and 

1224
01:00:46,020 --> 01:00:48,240
more than two million Americans came 

1225
01:00:48,240 --> 01:00:50,580
face to face with the horrors of war 

1226
01:00:50,590 --> 01:00:53,410
over there . They're already countless 

1227
01:00:53,410 --> 01:00:55,920
monuments to american service members 

1228
01:00:55,920 --> 01:00:58,860
in town squares and village greens all 

1229
01:00:58,860 --> 01:01:01,520
across our country and an ocean away . 

1230
01:01:01,520 --> 01:01:03,242
We have american monuments and 

1231
01:01:03,242 --> 01:01:05,730
cemeteries in France and Belgium where 

1232
01:01:05,730 --> 01:01:08,640
ordinary fields became hell on earth . 

1233
01:01:09,310 --> 01:01:11,532
But today we're returning our heroes to 

1234
01:01:11,532 --> 01:01:13,940
the forefront of our national memory 

1235
01:01:13,950 --> 01:01:16,240
and to the center of our nation's 

1236
01:01:16,250 --> 01:01:19,990
capital . We wouldn't be here 

1237
01:01:20,010 --> 01:01:22,370
without the work of the centennial 

1238
01:01:22,370 --> 01:01:25,610
commission . Three years ago I was 

1239
01:01:25,610 --> 01:01:28,060
asked to nominate a member of that 

1240
01:01:28,060 --> 01:01:30,870
commission . I called an extraordinary 

1241
01:01:30,870 --> 01:01:34,150
Kentucky named Carrie handy . I knew 

1242
01:01:34,150 --> 01:01:36,920
his professionalism , his persistence , 

1243
01:01:36,930 --> 01:01:39,490
his own military service and his 

1244
01:01:39,490 --> 01:01:41,379
lifelong commitment to his fellow 

1245
01:01:41,379 --> 01:01:43,710
veterans would make terry a crucial 

1246
01:01:43,710 --> 01:01:46,880
asset to this effort . And the 

1247
01:01:46,880 --> 01:01:49,200
commission agreed they elected him 

1248
01:01:49,200 --> 01:01:51,940
chairman and thanks to his leadership 

1249
01:01:51,940 --> 01:01:54,610
and all of the hard work we get to 

1250
01:01:54,610 --> 01:01:56,777
unveil this fitting tribute to all the 

1251
01:01:56,777 --> 01:01:59,820
men and women who did their bit during 

1252
01:01:59,820 --> 01:02:03,200
this terrible conflict . So to everyone 

1253
01:02:03,210 --> 01:02:05,210
whose talents and efforts have made 

1254
01:02:05,210 --> 01:02:08,280
today possible , thank you . As you 

1255
01:02:08,280 --> 01:02:10,920
raise the flag over our newest memorial , 

1256
01:02:10,930 --> 01:02:12,819
you're honoring the memory of the 

1257
01:02:12,819 --> 01:02:15,740
generation and the making our nation 

1258
01:02:15,750 --> 01:02:19,490
proud as well . Thank you 

1259
01:02:19,490 --> 01:02:22,430
Mr . Leader for your inspiration and 

1260
01:02:22,440 --> 01:02:24,900
guidance , supporting our team to 

1261
01:02:24,900 --> 01:02:27,700
completion of this memorial . Thank you 

1262
01:02:27,700 --> 01:02:30,180
for doing as they said 100 years ago . 

1263
01:02:30,190 --> 01:02:33,010
You're a bit to remember our doughboys . 

1264
01:02:33,800 --> 01:02:36,240
I want to thank the 53rd Secretary of 

1265
01:02:36,240 --> 01:02:39,170
the interior , David Bernhardt , all 

1266
01:02:39,170 --> 01:02:41,290
his unwavering support during 

1267
01:02:41,290 --> 01:02:44,980
construction And the 54th Secretary of 

1268
01:02:44,980 --> 01:02:47,900
the Interior Secretary of Holland for 

1269
01:02:47,900 --> 01:02:50,770
the continued support as the World War 

1270
01:02:50,770 --> 01:02:53,310
I memorial becomes a part of the 

1271
01:02:53,310 --> 01:02:56,170
National Park Service . Also want to 

1272
01:02:56,170 --> 01:02:58,114
take this opportunity to thank our 

1273
01:02:58,114 --> 01:02:59,892
founding sponsor , the Pritzker 

1274
01:02:59,892 --> 01:03:02,870
Military Museum and Library . Without 

1275
01:03:02,870 --> 01:03:05,110
the foresight of Colonel Jennifer 

1276
01:03:05,110 --> 01:03:07,860
Pritzker who stepped up to lead early 

1277
01:03:07,860 --> 01:03:09,930
on , none of this would have come to 

1278
01:03:09,930 --> 01:03:13,830
pass . Many others came forward to the 

1279
01:03:13,830 --> 01:03:17,050
Star Foundation in the Legal Foundation 

1280
01:03:17,060 --> 01:03:20,340
are major donors who responded so 

1281
01:03:20,340 --> 01:03:23,010
generously And there were many other 

1282
01:03:23,010 --> 01:03:26,220
American companies with major gifts of 

1283
01:03:26,220 --> 01:03:28,930
over $1 million dollars that saw the 

1284
01:03:28,930 --> 01:03:31,810
significance of honoring our doughboys . 

1285
01:03:32,800 --> 01:03:35,280
Thank you all and thank you to those 

1286
01:03:35,280 --> 01:03:37,620
americans who gave to our Armistice 

1287
01:03:37,620 --> 01:03:41,200
campaign $11.11 

1288
01:03:41,430 --> 01:03:44,120
Symbolic of the date of the armistice 

1289
01:03:44,680 --> 01:03:47,510
and any amount given by any american . 

1290
01:03:48,100 --> 01:03:51,310
All gifts are important because this is 

1291
01:03:51,310 --> 01:03:54,650
America's Memorial and you each can 

1292
01:03:54,650 --> 01:03:58,430
take great pride that you have built it . 

1293
01:03:59,000 --> 01:04:01,450
The Doughboys we honor today . We're 

1294
01:04:01,450 --> 01:04:03,506
the best of their generation . Their 

1295
01:04:03,506 --> 01:04:06,810
average age was 24 . The Bari a 

1296
01:04:06,810 --> 01:04:09,560
biblical reference . They really did 

1297
01:04:09,570 --> 01:04:13,120
quench the power of fire and became 

1298
01:04:13,120 --> 01:04:16,860
mighty and war . I truly believe the 

1299
01:04:16,860 --> 01:04:19,690
doughboys are a great cloud of 

1300
01:04:19,690 --> 01:04:22,010
witnesses to what we're doing here 

1301
01:04:22,010 --> 01:04:24,490
today . They came from all across our 

1302
01:04:24,490 --> 01:04:27,530
great nation to serve in a place most 

1303
01:04:27,530 --> 01:04:29,970
had never visited to fight in the war . 

1304
01:04:29,970 --> 01:04:32,520
They didn't start in order to ensure 

1305
01:04:32,520 --> 01:04:35,190
peace and liberty for people that never 

1306
01:04:35,190 --> 01:04:37,930
met . They did it because it was what 

1307
01:04:37,930 --> 01:04:39,874
the country ask of them . They did 

1308
01:04:39,874 --> 01:04:43,800
their bit . These were doughboys , poet 

1309
01:04:43,800 --> 01:04:46,890
john mccrae like in their efforts to a 

1310
01:04:46,900 --> 01:04:49,400
torch which is being passed when he 

1311
01:04:49,400 --> 01:04:52,700
wrote in flanders field to you from 

1312
01:04:52,700 --> 01:04:56,030
failing hands , we throw the torch , be 

1313
01:04:56,030 --> 01:04:59,910
it yours to bear it high . If you break 

1314
01:04:59,920 --> 01:05:03,170
faith with us who die , we shall not 

1315
01:05:03,170 --> 01:05:05,830
sleep though . Poppies grow in flanders 

1316
01:05:05,830 --> 01:05:09,600
field . This flag 

1317
01:05:11,290 --> 01:05:13,930
can be in so many ways like him to be 

1318
01:05:13,940 --> 01:05:16,980
raised torch . It's been after all the 

1319
01:05:16,990 --> 01:05:20,220
torch of our nation since 1777 . 

1320
01:05:21,390 --> 01:05:24,040
Legend has it that Betsy Ross is famous . 

1321
01:05:24,040 --> 01:05:26,550
Flag was first flown in battle during 

1322
01:05:26,550 --> 01:05:29,080
the Revolutionary War . At the battle 

1323
01:05:29,080 --> 01:05:31,800
of Coaches bridge near philadelphia . 

1324
01:05:32,590 --> 01:05:35,110
This flag inspired our national anthem 

1325
01:05:35,110 --> 01:05:39,050
in Baltimore Harbor in 1812 . It was 

1326
01:05:39,060 --> 01:05:42,730
flown in Texas in 1846 and it 

1327
01:05:42,740 --> 01:05:45,630
fluid antietam In the Spanish American 

1328
01:05:45,630 --> 01:05:49,420
War . In 1898 , he refused to retreat 

1329
01:05:49,890 --> 01:05:52,930
at Belleau Wood and it was held high at 

1330
01:05:52,930 --> 01:05:56,760
Normandy and an era Jima . It was 

1331
01:05:56,760 --> 01:06:00,150
there an inch on and it case on and 

1332
01:06:00,150 --> 01:06:03,510
that medina ridge and an inspired 

1333
01:06:03,510 --> 01:06:07,090
resolve In all of us on 9 11 . 

1334
01:06:08,380 --> 01:06:11,780
This flag , this torch was flown to 

1335
01:06:11,780 --> 01:06:14,090
over places . Some of us may have 

1336
01:06:14,090 --> 01:06:17,070
forgotten at the Battle of the Meuse 

1337
01:06:17,070 --> 01:06:20,380
Argonne in France in World War One , 

1338
01:06:20,380 --> 01:06:22,910
which was the largest battle in the 

1339
01:06:22,910 --> 01:06:26,420
United States military history Though 

1340
01:06:26,420 --> 01:06:30,410
more than 1.2 million doughboys . This 

1341
01:06:30,410 --> 01:06:32,710
symbol of our nation , this torch , 

1342
01:06:33,480 --> 01:06:36,970
well now fly to honor those who no 

1343
01:06:36,970 --> 01:06:39,350
longer have a voice who will be 

1344
01:06:39,350 --> 01:06:41,910
remembered in this place . 

1345
01:06:43,280 --> 01:06:47,000
So now , as the chairman of the United 

1346
01:06:47,000 --> 01:06:49,700
States World War , once an annual 

1347
01:06:49,700 --> 01:06:53,610
commission before you and this 

1348
01:06:53,610 --> 01:06:57,030
great cloud of witnesses , I direct you 

1349
01:06:57,030 --> 01:07:00,790
to raise this torch as we buried high . 

1350
01:07:01,180 --> 01:07:05,010
This symbol of our great nation at this 

1351
01:07:05,010 --> 01:07:08,450
sacred place and let us run with 

1352
01:07:08,450 --> 01:07:11,730
endurance to ensure the 

1353
01:07:11,730 --> 01:07:14,090
doughboys are never forgotten . 

1354
01:07:35,780 --> 01:07:37,600
Mhm mm 

1355
01:07:49,080 --> 01:07:52,480
mm . Mhm . Yeah . 

1356
01:07:58,780 --> 01:07:59,410
Mm . 

1357
01:09:31,970 --> 01:09:33,270
Yeah . Yeah . 

1358
01:09:47,170 --> 01:09:48,170
Mhm . 

1359
01:09:59,270 --> 01:10:02,560
Yeah , mm 

1360
01:10:02,560 --> 01:10:04,380
hmm , 

1361
01:10:05,960 --> 01:10:07,790
mm . 

1362
01:10:38,960 --> 01:10:39,190
Mhm 

1363
01:11:13,560 --> 01:11:14,290
mm . 

1364
01:11:18,060 --> 01:11:21,320
Whether our lives and our deaths before 

1365
01:11:21,320 --> 01:11:25,080
peace and a new hope or for nothing . 

1366
01:11:25,760 --> 01:11:29,230
We cannot say it is you who must say 

1367
01:11:29,230 --> 01:11:32,830
this . They say we leave you are deaths , 

1368
01:11:32,840 --> 01:11:36,280
give them their meaning . We were young . 

1369
01:11:36,280 --> 01:11:40,280
They say we have died , remember us . 

1370
01:11:45,860 --> 01:11:49,490
I will remember you . I will remember 

1371
01:11:49,490 --> 01:11:52,800
the doughboys . We will never forget 

1372
01:11:52,810 --> 01:11:54,970
those who fought . The doughboys will 

1373
01:11:54,970 --> 01:11:57,660
forever be an enduring icon in american 

1374
01:11:57,660 --> 01:12:01,020
history . We legionnaires will remember 

1375
01:12:01,030 --> 01:12:03,680
our founding generation and continue 

1376
01:12:03,680 --> 01:12:06,410
their legacy of more than a century of 

1377
01:12:06,410 --> 01:12:09,440
strengthening America . You live in our 

1378
01:12:09,440 --> 01:12:12,170
hearts . America will always remember 

1379
01:12:12,550 --> 01:12:15,480
your sacrifices will never be forgotten . 

1380
01:12:16,160 --> 01:12:19,680
I will remember them . I will 

1381
01:12:19,690 --> 01:12:22,550
remember them . I will always remember 

1382
01:12:22,550 --> 01:12:25,640
our doughboys . You live in our hearts . 

1383
01:12:25,650 --> 01:12:28,460
America will always remember . 

1384
01:12:28,590 --> 01:12:32,340
Remember I will remember 

1385
01:12:32,340 --> 01:12:35,280
them . You live in our hearts . America 

1386
01:12:35,290 --> 01:12:38,390
will always remember . We will never 

1387
01:12:38,390 --> 01:12:41,480
forget the doughboys . America will 

1388
01:12:41,490 --> 01:12:44,920
always remember . Your sacrifices will 

1389
01:12:44,920 --> 01:12:48,270
never be forgotten remember them . 

1390
01:12:48,950 --> 01:12:51,250
I will remember them . You want to wait 

1391
01:12:51,260 --> 01:12:53,371
Infantry regiment in the 27th Brigade 

1392
01:12:53,371 --> 01:12:55,427
combat Team . Remember the doughboys 

1393
01:12:55,427 --> 01:12:58,880
we've had up . Your sacrifice 

1394
01:12:59,650 --> 01:13:03,080
will never be forgotten . We will 

1395
01:13:03,090 --> 01:13:07,030
never forget them . We 

1396
01:13:07,030 --> 01:13:08,170
will never forget . 

1397
01:13:11,150 --> 01:13:13,600
I remember we will never forget the 

1398
01:13:13,600 --> 01:13:14,490
doughboys 

1399
01:13:19,050 --> 01:13:21,106
on behalf of all those who made this 

1400
01:13:21,106 --> 01:13:23,140
memorial a reality . Thank you for 

1401
01:13:23,140 --> 01:13:25,450
being with us today . Through your 

1402
01:13:25,450 --> 01:13:27,450
presence , you have paid tribute to 

1403
01:13:27,450 --> 01:13:29,117
every american who served and 

1404
01:13:29,117 --> 01:13:32,320
sacrificed in World War One . From this 

1405
01:13:32,320 --> 01:13:34,340
day forward through stewardship 

1406
01:13:34,340 --> 01:13:36,507
programs and activities . The doughboy 

1407
01:13:36,507 --> 01:13:39,220
Foundation will continue its mission to 

1408
01:13:39,220 --> 01:13:41,790
keep faith with the american doughboy 

1409
01:13:41,800 --> 01:13:44,420
as we honor them . Let us renew our 

1410
01:13:44,420 --> 01:13:46,980
pledge to protect our future by 

1411
01:13:46,980 --> 01:13:48,760
remembering our past . 

1412
01:13:52,850 --> 01:13:53,850
Mhm . 

1413
01:13:56,750 --> 01:13:57,750
Yeah . 

1414
01:14:02,640 --> 01:14:06,370
Yeah . Oh . 

1415
01:14:09,140 --> 01:14:12,760
Mhm , mm . 

1416
01:14:27,840 --> 01:14:29,050
Mhm , mm . 

1417
01:14:37,840 --> 01:14:38,370
Mhm . 

1418
01:14:41,140 --> 01:14:41,950
Okay . 

1419
01:14:49,540 --> 01:14:50,540
Mhm . 

1420
01:14:54,540 --> 01:14:55,940
Yes . Yeah . 

1421
01:14:59,040 --> 01:15:01,370
Mhm . Yeah . 

1422
01:15:03,540 --> 01:15:05,670
Yeah . Yeah . Yeah . 

1423
01:15:14,440 --> 01:15:15,440
Yeah . 

1424
01:15:49,040 --> 01:15:50,040
Mhm . 

1425
01:15:56,440 --> 01:15:57,440
Yeah . 

1426
01:16:11,630 --> 01:16:12,630
Mhm . 

1427
01:16:16,230 --> 01:16:18,630
Mhm , mm . Yeah . 

1428
01:16:25,530 --> 01:16:29,250
Yeah . Mhm . Yeah . 

1429
01:16:33,230 --> 01:16:36,560
Mhm . Yeah . 

1430
01:16:37,730 --> 01:16:38,730
Mhm . 

1431
01:16:42,430 --> 01:16:45,960
Mhm . Mhm . You can do anything . 

1432
01:16:56,830 --> 01:17:00,560
Mhm . Mhm . Mhm . Mhm . 

1433
01:17:11,730 --> 01:17:13,640
You know . Mhm . 

1434
01:17:26,480 --> 01:17:30,150
Exactly , yeah . 

1435
01:17:41,030 --> 01:17:43,960
Mhm . Okay . Yeah . 

1436
01:17:46,830 --> 01:17:48,960
Mhm . Thank you , 

1437
01:17:56,030 --> 01:17:57,240
mm hmm , mm . 

1438
01:18:38,020 --> 01:18:39,020
Conference 

1439
01:19:10,920 --> 01:19:11,920
you mean ? 

1440
01:19:31,320 --> 01:19:32,930
Yeah . Nothing . 

1441
01:19:47,320 --> 01:19:48,250
Mm . Right . 

1442
01:20:01,420 --> 01:20:01,800
Yeah .