Benjamin Harrison actually said...

I have never been able to think of the day as one of mourning; I have never quite been able to feel that half-masted flags were appropriate ...

I have recently returned from an extended tour of the States, and nothing so impressed and so refreshened me as the universal display of thi...

I thank you for the pleasure of participating in these exercises with you to-day, and give you a comrade's best wishes, and a comrade's good...

We honor them in a joyous, thankful, triumphant commemoration of what they did.