I thank you from my heart for permitting me to participate in-doing homage to those brave souls. I rejoice particularly in the opportunity afforded me of voicing my appreciation, both as President of the United States and as one who honestly tries to be a Christian soldier, of the signal service of the martyred Whitman.
Address in Meacham, Oregon
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