Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

Every man who has served well and faithfully, afloat or ashore, in the service of the United States, has shown that he possesses certain qualities which entitle him in a peculiar degree to the respect of all his fellow-citizens.

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Memorial Day Remarks at the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia

05/29/1906

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