Honor guard. Oh say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hail at the twilights last gleaming stripes and bright stars night gh the perilous we watch m parts were so galantly streaming red glare ckets in air bs bursting f through the night that our flag was still there stars y does that wave d banner yet over the land of the free and the home of the brave. [applause] moment of silence. Good morning. My dad worked in the north tower. Remembering back to the horrible day 15 years ago has changed my life. I was ten years old. My brothers were eight, seven, and five. Today im proud to be here to memorialize my father. This is the place that gives me a chance to think about beautiful memories, like Christmas Eve when dad took my brothers and i to work to give my mom a break. On 9 11, the nation came together. People really tried to help us. I spent endless summers at a camp for kids who lost family members on 9 11. The counsels helped us to laugh and have fun, to let us kn
Dad, thank you for always being there with us. Please stay at our sides forever. And to all of japanese people and my little brother in japan [ speaking japanese ] never, never, never forget. This is my prayer. [ applause a and our cousin, paul, who would have been a grandfather for the first time this year. Paul would have done a great job with his granddaughter, danielle jean, and my uncle, too, john monihan, who our family hasnt been the same the past 13 years, but we carry on with his spirit. Thank you to all the First Responder who is sacrificed so much that day and continue to protect us and the u. S. Troops who protect our freedoms at home and overseas. God bless america. [ applause ] Tyler Victor Ugolyn michael a. Uliano jonathan j. Uman anil Shivhari Umarkar allen v. Upton diane marie urban John Damien Vaccacio Bradley Hodges vadas William Valcarcel Felix Antonio vale ivan vale Benito Valentin Santos Valentin jr. Carlton francis valvo ii Pendyala Vamsikrishna erica h. Van Acke
Old city walls. He brings history to light. Over the past centuries hundreds of archaeology yes half a minute he inspected the holy city inch by inch. The phone was astonished. But professor but leaves he can still uncover new facts. Tehran mount zion he hopes to learn more about how people live centuries ago. There is a bit of cool interest that you always have here we are at the center much that is to say the Old City Center in the confusion we can distinguish for strategy here and see how people lived in four distinct periods this is a rare opportunity because the old city is completely built over otherwise it will go through but i cant just go and ask someone to tear down their house so i can see whats beneath it from said. Trees ago thats why these excavations on mount zion are so special. That. For millennia jerusalem has drawn countless generations to the holy mountain. The city is a treasure trove for historians and archaeologists. Today it is a divided city hotly contested in