Teddy Roosevelt: “They alone, of all our people since we became a nation, rendered to us…”

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They alone, of all our people since we became a nation, rendered to us and to all who come after us a service literally indispensable.

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Republican · New York

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This passage asserts the indispensable service rendered by Union soldiers in American history.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “They alone, of all our people since we became a nation, rendered to us and to all who come after us a service literally…”