Sam Brownback: “on July 27, 1920, in a speech before the Republican national convention in Chicago accepting his party's nomination for…”

“on July 27, 1920, in a speech before the Republican national convention in Chicago accepting his party's nomination for Vice President, Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge exclaimed, ``The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.'' With these striking words, Coolidge chastened the convention delegates to never take lightly the sacrifice of American soldiers, who during World War I, left freedom's shores to defend democracy abroad. Back then, Coolidge recognized that a great country must honor its guardians, lest it be forgotten. This week, President George W. Bush has come forward under the same banner as Coolidge did in 1920, to declare that America must not forget its defenders. In a speech before the brave men and women of the United States Army's 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart Georgia, President Bush proposed $5.7 billion in new spending for the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Armed Forces.”