George W. Bush: “It has been hard; the transition from communism to a free democracy is a hard transition.”

We learned that bravery is more common than we imagined, emerging with sudden splendor in the face of death.

what America does for itself has made it strong--but what America does for others has made it great.

Mr. Wyeth captured America in his paintings of his native Pennsylvania and Maine.

Today, we remember your loss, we share your sorrow and we honor the men and women that you have loved so long and so well.