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On the recordMay 29, 1903
It is a fitting thing to be introduced on Decoration Day by a United States senator, who not only served in the great Civil War, but to whom it was given to win the highest treasure that can come to any American soldier, the medal of honor for distinguished gallantry on stricken fields.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks in Cheyenne, Wyoming

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