On the recordMay 19, 1970
We honor them most by remembering what it was they died for—not for glory, not for conquest, but for those concepts that bind a people together in nationhood—and brotherhood.
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presidency.ucsb.eduWe honor them most by remembering what it was they died for—not for glory, not for conquest, but for those concepts that bind a people together in nationhood—and brotherhood.
Proclamation 3985—Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 1970
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