On the recordMay 19, 1898
Generations come and go, and the issues for which they fought and died soon pass into history.
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presidency.ucsb.eduWilliam McKinley: “Generations come and go, and the issues for which they fought and died soon pass into history.”
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Letter to the Gettysburg Committee on Memorial Day Exercises
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