On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
We must never forget that the loyal soldiers who rest beneath this sod flung themselves between the nation and the nation’s destroyers.
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Frederick Douglass
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At a memorial, Douglass honors the Union soldiers by describing their sacrifice as a defense of the nation against those who sought to destroy it.
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