Herbert Hoover actually said...

To the patriotic mothers who gave their sons, to the many other loyal women who lost those dear to them for their country's sake, to the nob...

May they ever see in this memorial a token of the honor and affection in which their country holds them.

I warmly commend the effort to maintain these institutions, which have played and should still play so large a part in the development of le...

It is a satisfaction that this memorial has taken not only the form of a beautiful building, but that within its walls there will be carried...