08/25/1902
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"If we do not, then our children when they look back for cause of pride in our history will have to skip our generation."
"Whether we wish it or not we have to be a great power; we have to play a great part."
"We have met to commemorate a mighty pioneer feat, a feat of the old days, when men needed to call upon every ounce of courage and hardihood and manliness they possessed in order ta make good our claim..."
"I ask that you show your appreciation of what the Navy did in '98, that you show your appreciation of what was done in the past by the pioneers who won this land by making ready for the future."