Herbert Hoover actually said...

It is indeed fitting that such a Shrine should be adorned with memorials of their supreme sacrifice, and that our countrymen should resort there for remembrance.

Context

Message on the Dedication of a World War Shrine in Hoboken, New Jersey.

05/23/1931

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