George W. Bush: “I call upon all Americans to celebrate this week with appropriate observances, ceremonies, and activities.”

To you and the honored dead, our country is forever grateful.

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

Being your President was a high privilege, and the honor of a lifetime.

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