Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

We can glory now in the deeds of Manilla and Santiago, because for the dozen years before our people were building up the Navy.

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 pione...

If we do not, then our children when they look back for cause of pride in our history will have to skip our generation.

It is a good thing to cheer her, but it is a better thing to see that we keep on building other ships like her, but even better.