Teddy Roosevelt said "It now rests with us in civil life to make good by our deeds the deeds which you who wore the blue did in the great years from ’61 to ’65." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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It now rests with us in civil life to make good by our deeds the deeds which you who wore the blue did in the great years from ’61 to ’65.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt calls on citizens to honor the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers through their actions in peacetime.

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