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On the recordMay 23, 2013
Today, we pay tribute to those patriots who never came back—who fought for a home to which they never returned, and died for a country whose gratitude they will always have.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Proclamation 8987—Memorial Day

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