i am grateful that i was given the opportunity to carry forward when bill janklow started with his creation of the world war ii memorial. with your help in the help of many, many thousands of south dakota and we created the korean war memorial in the vietnam war memorial on these capitol grounds. when this current war is over, a future governor and future legislature and the grateful citizens of south dakota have the privilege of creating a memorial for the current generation of soldiers who are fighting to both defend our freedom and give the precious gift of freedom to many millions of people and their children in far-off lands during the last 20 years. let's never forget that we are privileged group of people. we live in a country where we have freedom and opportunities like nowhere else in the world. we talk about it, but let us never take for granted the right to bear arms. let us never take for granted the right to speak our minds on issues that are important to last, to talk about the direction that our country and our state are going. let us never forget that we have the opportunity