So, we are glad that you are here. We are excited to be talking about the memorial. Lets get right to it. With me is harvey pratt. Harvey is a citizen of the cheyennearapaho tribes of oklahoma. He is a cheyenne peace chief. He has been a career Law Enforcement official. He is a working artist. And he is a marine and vietnam veteran. Please greet harvey pratt. [applause] so, harvey, what caused you to submit a proposed design for the memorial . Mr. Pratt well, our veterans director just kept after me. I have no, really had no hope i would even come close or submit a design, but he just kept after me. He said, do it for the tribe, harvey. Come on, submit something. I thought about it. I said, let me dream on it. I have to dream. Some of my best creativity is done early in the morning during that dream period. So thats what i did. I went home and dreamed about it. I got up and got my big tablet out and i made some sketches. It just came to me all of a sudden that morning and in order to t
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