Made even more glorious by all of you being here. We are making history today. Ladies and gentlemen, honored dignitaries, long time friends and family members and, of course, our very special guest the men and women who sacrifice on the battlefield is an eternal reminder of their service to our nation, we welcome you with the deepest of gratitude and thank you for joining us for this mow men to us occasion. The dedication of the American Veterans disabled for life memorial. At long last we have arrived 16 years of hard work and dedication summed up just now in our fiveminute film vision to reality. Want isnt this a magnificent setting. Thank you to all those who made it happen. Great care and thought has gone into the design of this sacred place. I hope you all will spend some time after the ceremony exploring the memorials beautiful grounds. I am personally particularly inspired by these stunning glass walls. And i want you to know that several of the courageous men and women, whose w
Chairman of disabled veterans life memorial. Thank you. Cofounder and president , arthur wilson. Secretary dennis joyner. Treasurer gene murphy. Mrs. Diane mussleman. Roberto bobby barea. We owe all of them a deep debt of gratitude. Another round of applause for all of their hard work. Thank you for your work. And sadly, there are three men who made enormous contributions to the memorial who did not live to celebrate this special day. The honorable jesse brown, former secretary of Veterans Affairs and cofounder of the memorial. And Board Members, the honorable gordon mansfield, former acting secretary of the va. And kenneth mussleman, a distinguished disabled vietnam veteran, please join me please join me in a moment of silence to honor these three great men. I know they are here with us in spirit today. Thank you for remembering them. We are also indebted today to many individuals, foundations, organizations, and corporations whose donation made this historic day possible. Many of the
Good evening. I am delighted and really honored to be here to talk about the battle for life champlain in 1814. Been thinking about for several years have i seen the bicentennial coming. I have not been a student of the war of 18 well my whole life. I of 1812 my whole life. I connected with the shipwrecks through Lake Champlain. Over the last several years, we have been traveling with our our Reach Program in interpreting the war of 1812, knowing that in 1914, we were going to have an opportunity to talk about the things that happened here, which we think are really very important and very special. Its also important to acknowledge that september 11 is a powerful date in history. I spoke to my elderly mom today in new york city, and she told me she was watching tv where they were reciting the names of all the folks who lost their lives back in. My brother, my cousin, my dad, all of those losses that hap pened. I feel for that. In fact, in the aftermath of 9 11, i was traumatized enough
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