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Article: Remarks at the dedication of the National World War II Memorial.(Week Ending Friday, June 4, 2004)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- June 7, 2004
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May 29, 2004
Thank you all very much. I'm honored to join with President Clinton, President Bush, Senator Dole, and other distinguished guests on this day of remembrance and celebration. And General Kelley, here in the company of the generation that won the war, I proudly accept the World War II Memorial on behalf of the people of the United States of America.
Raising up this Memorial took skill and vision and patience. Now the work is done, and it is a fitting tribute, open and expansive like America, grand and enduring like the achievements we honor. The years of World War II were a hard, heroic, and gallant time in the life of our country. When it ...