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Woodrow Wilson: When you reflect upon it, these men who died to preserve the Union died to preserve the instrument which we are now…

On the recordMay 29, 1917
When you reflect upon it, these men who died to preserve the Union died to preserve the instrument which we are now using to serve the world—a free nation espousing the cause of human liberty.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Memorial Day Address at Arlington National Cemetery

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