Ladies and gentlemen, please join me as we mark this occasion in word of prayer. Almighty god, champion of liberty and the oppressed, hear our prayers. You protect the righteous and bring justice to the flow. We gather today to honor the spirit of a warrior, who remained focused on the lives of his team and what needed to be done. He put the safety of others above his own, ran toward danger, and met it facetoface. Thank you for Master Sergeant Matthew Williams, an exemplary of heroism, whose heart and soul were tested in battle, producing the stronger man we honor today. His character were revealed in a moment, and his example inspires us all. God bless matthew, is loving and devoted wife, their son, his extended family and comrades in arms here today. Let matthews life and legacy and this very metal be a reminder for us all to face our fears and find our own moments to shine. May the lamp of liberty continue to burn bright on the u. S. And army and may we be a beacon of hope and peace
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States , accompanied by medal of honor recipient Master Sergeant Matthew Williams, United States army. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me as we mark this occasion in word of prayer. Almighty god, champion of liberty and the oppressed, hear our prayers. You protect the righteous and bring justice to the flow. We gather today to honor the spirit of a warrior, who remained focused on the lives of his team and what needed to be done. He put the safety of others above his own, ran toward danger, and met it facetoface. Thank you for Master Sergeant Matthew Williams, an exemplary of heroism, whose heart and soul were tested in battle, producing the stronger man we honor today. His character were revealed in a moment, and his example inspires us all. God bless matthew, is loving and devoted wife, their son, his extended family and comrades in arms here today. Let matthews life and legacy and this very metal be a reminder for us all to face ou
To ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States accompanied by medal of honor recipient Master Sergeant Matthew Williams from the United States army. It is a gentleman in a word of prayer. Almighty god, the liberty and champion here are prayer it is the right just center of justice and we gather here to honor the spirit who through adversity remain focused on the lives which need to be done. You put the safety of others with it much more danger and we thank you for Matthew Williams and is heroism with his heart, soul in the battle in producing a stronger man today. This character, courage in the moment is an example and god bless matthew and his wife kate and son nolan and extended family and his comrades. But matthews life, legacy and very battle around his neck and remind for us all to face our fears and find your own moments to shine. The lap of liberty continue when the United States of america, the army and weepy have piece of our world. The righteous name i pray. Than
What happened to the men, did they go home or did they go to the guard industry . The guard industry was definitely a couple centuries a way. Not a couple, but one. One century away. No, most of them were repatriated. There were furloughs and exchanged, and the british thought it would be to their strategic advantage to do so. Of course, he got home only to face a courtmartial, so that didnt work out quite so well for him. [laughter] [inaudible] the question is, whats the canadian perspective of the war of 1812, how is it taught up there . I should say, first, i have no firsthand knowledge of this. I teach at nyu. But i have been talking to canadian colleagues quite a bit this year on various panels, and what im hearing is that in canadian, this is really celebrated as the important war that made the canadian nation, that this might not have been a victory for either the unite or great britain, but the United States or great britain, but canada regards it as a victory for them. They tu