How did the revolution survive its darkest hour . Because, of course, while all of this lofty language about liberty and rights and creating constitutions and remember the ladies is going on, the Largest Overseas expedition in european history is headed towards new york. So the mural that you see beside me here is an eyewitness depiction, which weve blown up as a mural, showing 5000 british warships and about 6,000 british and hessian troops in landing boats about to land on manhattan baynd in kept bay kips on september 15, 1776. At the time, one of the soldiers saw the ships gathering in new york harbor and later said i thought all london was afloat. So, it was one thing to declare independence, to tear down the king, to declare that you are now living in the American Revolution, but to actually achieve american independence was going to be an effort of many, many more years of struggle. And the first thing americans had to do was just survive the onslaught that was coming in the form
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fill them today with your joy. we pray in your righteous name. amen. the president pro tempore: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the president pro tempore: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. the president pro tempore: the senator from wisconsin. ms. baldwin: i notice the absence of a quorum. the president pro tempore: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: it is so ordered. mr. schumer: now, madam president, the past few weeks in the senate have been extremely productive. senate democrats delivered on our promise to pass bold covid relief legislation, and we have now confirmed 16, 16 cabine
Ladies and gentlemen, the troops representing armed forces from front to left the United States army band under the direction of kernel holton and scott little. Elements of the armed forces the old guard, led by captain michael, Sergeant First Class gary gordon. Next almost on line jason and sergeant leo. The colors have been one of the most important elements of a military unit in an armed forces colored guard and the service flag of the army, marine corps, navy and coast guard. Platoon officer sullivan. Next element on line members from the United States air force guard led by first lieutenant. Flight noncommission Michael Michael moore. And platoon officer mike gizer. Last on guard gore. Musician wore the reverse colors, men and women of the old guard man maintained tradition. Led by major hayes. The platoon sergeant is first class joseph brown. To the right of the formation is the president ial salute gun battery led by sergeant. Marching on the joint staff army captain alexander,
Monk, certainly experienced his share of hard times in the military at the hands of our government. And another person who should be up here with us is Navy Chaplain wes modder, who i have the privilege and honor of representing as well. And i know that chaplain would love to be here himself to tell you his story. Unfortunately he cant do that. But what i am pleased to share with you all that chaplain modder is sitting here in the audience, right here in the first row. And chaplain modder, will you please stand up. [ applause ] these two men put everything professionally on the line. Both had over 19 years of service in the military. Both risked all of that because of what they believe in. And to do the right thing. And you know, two last points i want to make on this, travis, is first of all, there is a lot of misinformation out there about what rights we give up when we join the military, when we swear the oath of allegiance to the constitution. We dont swear an oath to the president