Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

It is most appropriate that on this day, designated as Pan-American Day by the Chief Executives of all the Republics of the American Contine...

I do not think that General Pulaski would have wished to be singled out from his fellows and comrades for more honor than we can give to the...

For our own leader of the American Revolution, the greatest of Americans, and for him alone, have we as a people set apart one day each year...

His devotion to duty ended only when he fell in action in the service of the Republic; he is one of our heroes of that time and of all time.