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We were the sons of the men who wore the blue, the sons of the men who wore the gray, and our only desire was to show ourselves not wholly unworthy of the mighty men of the years that are past.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “We were the sons of the men who wore the blue, the sons of the men who wore the gray, and our only desire was to show…”
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Roosevelt speaks to the legacy of honor and valor from the Civil War generation.
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