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Barack Obama: “The Americans who rest beneath these beautiful hills and in sacred ground across our country and around the world, they…”

On the recordMay 24, 2015
The Americans who rest beneath these beautiful hills and in sacred ground across our country and around the world, they are why our Nation endures.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Memorial Day Ceremony in Arlington

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