We must be willing to accept as a nation a people that values above its principles. These men came to storm these beach, just to preserve freedom. Many thousands died for ideals such as these. These people gave us a chance. We must find someone to get an eternal piece. We need to be strong in our faith that our nations under god will achieve the goal of peace and justice. We pray that people of all races, all nations may have their great human needs satisfied and that the scourge of poverty, disease will be made disappeared from the earth. That in the goodness of time, all peoples will come to live together in a peace guaranteed by the force of Mutual Respect and love. Good evening and welcome to the dedication ceremony for the dwight the eisenhower memorial. For everyones health and safety please exercise safe social distancing and ensure that your masks remain on if you are not eating or drinking. To begin our program, we are honored to be joined by the soldiers of the 101st airborne
By the dawns early light. What so proudly we hailed. By the twilights last gleaming. Whose broad stripes and bright stars. Through the perilous fight or the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming. And the rockets red glare. The bombs bursting in air. Gave proof through the night. That our flag was still there. Oh say does that starspangled banner yet wave. Over the land of the free. And the home of the brave. [applause] i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. For one nation for liberty and justice for all. Thank you to the 177 fighter wing from the new Jersey National guard for providing coverage for this evening ceremony. Tonights invocation we are pleased to have with us u. S. Senate chaplain black serving in the u. S. Navy for over 27 years and completed his distinguished military career as the chief of navy chaplains. June 2003 the rear admiral was elected to serve as the 62nd chaplain of the United States senate and has been in that role ever sinc
The abiding truths we learned , love of god, fairness in human relations, responsibility, concern for the eachre of others, and that individual could through his own efforts achieve a full life. It is the firm duty of each of our citizens to fight and put because of his country before himself. Give out toeady to our country for history does not long entrust the care of history to the week. Or unwilling could we must be willing to accept as a nation to accept whatever sacrifices must be required of us. Who values privileges above principle seen will be dissolved. These men came here to storm these beaches not to gain anything for themselves but just to preserve freedom, systems of selfgovernance in the world. Many thousands died for ideal such as these. These people gave us a chance and they bought time for us so that we can do better than we have before. We must find some way to gain an eternal peace. You and i, my fellow citizens, need to be strong in our faith that all nations under
During the vietnam war. This interview is from the west point center of oral history and is a little over an hour. Today is the first day of october 2016 and we are in the west point center for all history and im here with Catherine Stevens can you please spell your last name . Tell me about your childhood. I knew you grew up as the daughter of an army officer. As an like growing up army brat. I grew as a millionaire child without any money. Wonderful had the most wonderful childhood. Brothers and my father had been in the cavalry. He was a wonderful horseman. Both my older brother and i rode from the time that i was three years old, and my older brother was the same way. I was born in princeton. For six years and when he married my mother, my mother was so bear was a very beautiful lady. My older brother was born there. Where else did you grow up . Bragg. Washington. Oklahoma. Hawaii, back to oklahoma. If the cut new york. I got free tuition. One of the questions i always asked people
King of new york, a republican, that his bill could be brought to the interior and all of us ce the responsibility of selecting whose side do we stand on . We stand for the safety of americans and prevent people that are too dangerous to fly being able to buy a gun or do we stand with those on the nofly list and say, you ought to be able to buy a gun even though you can fly. All of you, voters and non voters, dont you think it is time for your representatives to stand before you in this house and say we agree that if you are too dangerous to fly and too dangerous to buy a gun, or stand here before all the American Public and say, no. No. No. Go ahead and buy a gun. Thats what a discharge petition will do. It will take mr. King to bring it to the floor and put it before the house of representatives, the representatives of the American People, and cause us to make a choice for your safety or for the presumed right of a person who is too dangerous to fly, to buy a gun. Well see what happe