Benjamin Harrison actually said...

"It gives me special pleasure to combine with that tribute, which I have usually been able to pay since this day was instituted, to the dead of all our armies, a special mark of respect to that great s..."

"I have neither the strength nor the voice adequate to any extended speech to-day."

"How vividly come to my memory many battle scenes; not the impetuous rush of conflict, but the cover of sadness that followed victory."

"Let us take on this occasion a new draught of courage, make new vows of consecration."