duty, honor, country. as we leave the ceremony today, i ask that you join me in a blessing and a prayer. thank you, almighty father, for each of these men. they served our nation as dedicated soldiers who helped lay the mighty foundation of freedom upon which we stand today. they are selfless service rendered to a grateful nation honors your call for us to love one another. you imbued these men with courage, character, and commitment to lift the values since codified in ranger creed. they moved further than any other dismounted ground force. they energetically met and defeated the enemies of their country. they did not leave a single fallen comrade to fall in the hands of the enemy. we are grateful for the families and leaders you blast to form these men into a cohesive team, trained, disciplined, unfit to win on the battlefield. bless these men, their families, and our nation. keep the lamp of liberty shining forth brightly across our nation. let it always serve as a beacon of hope to all freedom loving p

all of us are in honor of dr.'s extraordinary story with being born to parents who were formerly enslaved, she divided -- devoted her life to opening doors of opportunity to more americans buy in her own words engraved on the statue for you all to see "i invest in the human soul. there may be a diamond in the rough." establishing a boarding school that lives on in bethune cookman university. registering women to vote after the ratification of the 19th amendment. becoming what was at the time the highest-ranking black official under president franklin roosevelt. helping lead influential civil rights groups including the naacp. and, she formed her own organization and that's the statue i have in my office. and how poetic. and how wonderful it is that she was able to do so much. here she is standing next to rosa parks. isn't this remarkable? this is the first black american statue coming from a state. we as an act of congress voted to have a statue of rosa parks here. any of us knew her. she told us she wanted to be

to honor our veterans and also to honor the strength of the united states and republic korea alliance. i'm also joined here by our great national security advisor, my friend jake sullivan. general jalili, thank you so for the work that done, i know this was not easy, but you did it and you did it for all of. so thank you, general, for all your work. we have many esteemed leaders from our military. we have of congress from the and from the house we've got administration folks. so thank you all for coming here as well this means a lot to this relationship for this highest toric historic dedication ceremony, for this wall of remembrance. like the other speakers, i want to first start by thanking the heroes that we have among us, our veterans. i see a lot of you out here. thank you, veterans from the united states and korea, your families who always supported you, our gold star families and the active members of the military. thank you all for your service. and thank all for being here today. we really appreciate. defense minister lee and, veterans minister park traveled all the way from

it is my great honor to ask for the citations be read as we awarded the medal of honors to kaneshiro,cialist five dennis well, specialist five dennis and fuji -- dennis fujii and john duffy. thank you all and may god protect our troops. [applause] >> john kaneshiro, accepting on behalf of his father staff sergeant edward kaneshiro. attention to orders. the president of the united states of america authorized by act of congress march 3, 1863 has posthumously awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to staff sergeant edward and kaneshiro -- edward n. kaneshiro of the united states army for gallantry and risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. he just a wish itself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an infantry squad leader with troop c, first squadron, ninth cavalry, first cavalry division and kim song valley, republic of vietnam in 1966. not knowing the village was heavily fortified with a fully brokered and concealed trench system and garrisoned by the north vietnamese troops and vastly superior forces, two squ

and confer this highest honor. hi everyone, it's senator chuck schumer, and it's my honor to join with speaker pelosi my colleagues and all of you as we present the congressional gold medal to arrows will marauders. 75 79 years ago 3,000 brave americans answered the call to accept one of the most dangerous undertakings of the second world war. crossing the highest mountains and penetrating the densest jungles of burma. the unit was called named galahad. in marched thousands of miles deep into enemy territory. they're often outnumbered and outgunned, but they were not overmatched. all these years later. we remain every bit inspired every bit grateful and forever humbled by the example of these brave americans. they put the good of their country and of their fellow citizens above their own safety. and in doing so helped us free the world from the sting of tyranny. today freedom and democracy are once again in danger around the world and we look to the sacrifices of those who came before us for strength inspiration an

it's a great honor.you also very much. >> ladies and gentlemen please remain in your seats as the president and first lady to part. thank you. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ mister president, do you plan on going to highland park when you and the first lady visit chicago?

as maid of honor, and as junior bridesmaids are cousins, beth and amy nixon.ard as best man and college friends as groomsmen. david eisenhower was unable to be in the wedding since he was on duty aboard the uss albany in the mediterranean. ed's godparents warehouse at a luncheon for tricia and add an out-of-town guests on june 11 at washington celebrate club. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the time slipped quickly away. in the rose garden which tricia had chosen as the setting for her marriage, the members of the wedding party rehearsed their role. >> one of the most important things for people is the fact that except one another, , even though they are very different, they accept the differences in the person. i guess you might say they complement one another. i don't think necessarily people have to be a light to be able to be married and have a happy marriage. eddie was my first love. we met at a christmas dance. i'll never forget that because we were dancing together and only when i will remember, i was dealt with some who so tall that i was being smothered. i think eddie is mo

it is a tremendous honor to be here with all of you. i have the privilege of announcing the united states postal service will issue a first class mail for ever postage stamp commemorating the life of first lady nancy reagan. so i'll stamp program the postal service seeks to commemorate and celebrate the very best of america. and nancy reagan truly represents that ideal. mrs. reagan will be the sixth the first lady honored with the us postage stamp. the previous stamps will issued for martha, washington. the first american woman ever featured on a postage stamp. dolly madison abigail adams eleanor roosevelt and lady bird johnson nancy reagan was an inspiring individual. she was an important part of one of the most pivotal presidencies of the 20th century as a wife. champion and trusted advisor to our 40th president of the united states ronald reagan in addition her legacy of public service and her willingness to confront difficult and often highly personal topics throughout her eventful life. made her one of the most influential and admi

i'm really pleased, and i'm really honored to be here today and person to honor the bicentennial birthday'm really grateful to the national park service for inviting me back. i am even more honored to be up here with general williams and professor brooke simpson frank. i see frank all of the time. but professor simpson especially, who is writing on you s grant, i admire and i know. it's very good company to be among, even if i can claim that i went to high school with brooke simpson, but did not meet him until today. but the truth is, that the only reason i am privileged to be up here today, is because of my name. it is an accident of birth, and the result of my mother's affection for her father, that i was given the name ulysses. aside from my reference and love for ulysses s grant and his wife julia, my name is really all that i have to offer. my name is what makes me part of u.s. grant's legacy. and it is not all that much. as we just learned, u.s. grant and julia had four children, the eldest was fred, my great grandfather, ulysses junior, who was known as buck, he came next, and he a

today we honor a man of such stature. commanding general of all the union armies and then president ulysses s grant born blue collar and pricing up from the ranks of the middle class. he had calluses on his hands from farming and selling firewood. but kept his soul uncalled. from betrayal of business partners the slings of slander and suggestions of impropriety tenacious and battle from shiloh, vicksburg and chattanooga to battles in the wilderness and spotsylvania gracious and victory at appomattox with malice toward none and charity towards all sagacious and governments mindful of the feelings of fellow citizens recently vanquished. continuing to fight fiercely for his four million fellow citizens long wrongs and recently released from the oppressive evil of chattel slavery. result resisting the error and terror of the clan. and of other conniving cowards who would have undone the good that was one for all? preserving the rights of voting for former slaves and protecting the land of our native nations. he served eight y

today we honor a man of such stature. commanding general of all the union armies and then president ulysses s grant born blue collar and pricing up from the ranks of the middle class. he had calluses on his hands from farming and selling firewood. but kept his soul uncalled. from betrayal of business partners the slings of slander and suggestions of impropriety tenacious and battle from shiloh, vicksburg and chattanooga to battles in the wilderness and spotsylvania gracious and victory at appomattox with malice toward none and charity towards all sagacious and governments mindful of the feelings of fellow citizens recently vanquished. continuing to fight fiercely for his four million fellow citizens long wrongs and recently released from the oppressive evil of chattel slavery. result resisting the error and terror of the clan. and of other conniving cowards who would have undone the good that was one for all? preserving the rights of voting for former slaves and protecting the land of our native nations. he served eight y

it is a tremendous honor to be here with all of you. i have the privilege of announcing the united states postal service will be issuing first class mail for the average post is step commemorating the life of first lady nancy reagan. nancy reagan truly represents ideal. mrs. raegan will be the sixth first lady honored with a u.s. postal stamp. the previous stamps will be issued for martha washington, the first american woman ever feast or on a postage stamp. dolley madison, abigail adams, eleanor roosevelt, and lady bird johnson. nancy reagan was an inspiring individual. she was an important part of one of the most pivotable presidencies of the 21st century as a wife, champion, and trust adviser to our 40th president of the united states, ronald reagan. we mission, her legacy of public service, and her willingness to confront difficult and often highly personal topics throughout her eventful life made her one of the most influential and admired first ladies of modern times. to recognize their many contributions to our nation we will off

tense, how do we show honor? that is an important question all of its own. markley vicky has written about this, i have written about this looking at the vietnam war did the vietnam war is a good case of this because -- vietnam war. the vietnam war is a good case of this because four presidents in a row set part of the fight in vietnam had to do with honor. lbj and nixon in particular, and jfk all said, we have already invested here. if we pull out, that is not peace with honor. if you pull that logic apart, it that says, whether this is the right place to be come of the right expenditure to have come of the way we honor those who already died is by killing more people, or allowing more of our people to die. that is nothing best form of honor. and i am a supporter, i think the u.s. was in the right prosecuting the vietnam war. but if the only argument you're making is that we are rude to fight or prolong the war because we are dishonoring the war debt, that is not a great argument documents have to be made on the

, honor as egoism. if what we mean by honor is actually hubris, expansive pride, niebuhr and others are against it over and over and it is an achilles' heel that haunts countries and empires and political leaders over and over. however, if what we are talking about with honor becomes what we love and we think about it in the active tense, how do we show honor? that is an important question all of its own. markley vicky has written about this, i have written about this looking at the vietnam war did the vietnam war is a good case of this because -- vietnam war. the vietnam war is a good case of this because four presidents in a row set part of the fight in vietnam had to do with honor. lbj and nixon in particular, and jfk all said, we have already invested here. if we pull out, that is not peace with honor. if you pull that logic apart, it that says, whether this is the right place to be come of the right expenditure to have come of the way we honor those who already died is by killing more people, or al

nixon and others were honored guests. other guests included members of mrs.en reporters. one of tricia's gifts appeared to be a gift of sympathy for the couple's desire to be anonymous. to the amusement of all, she dawned this disguise. on june 4th, at washington's beautiful anderson house, mrs. william p. rogers, wife of the secretary of state, hosted a reception. ambassador's acosta led the way through the receiving line. the ambassador himself was unable to be there. trisha graciously accepted the ambassadors gifts. in his remarks, the president expressed this wish for her's daughters husband and his daughter. >> it is my wish for the bride and groom after the wedding ceremony to live their own lives. but second, more than anything else, the chance to know the world as i've had a chance to know it. i look forward at a time where this will truly be an open world where they will have the chance to go to your countries and to all the countries of the world and to know the people of those countries. because what a wonderful future it is for your children and o

the two people being honored. the first being the justice, for his commitment to constitutional originalism and to liberty, and the rule of law, and to judge silverman, who is getting the first first principles award. i have often wondered whether they were secretly meeting every day over the last 20 or 30 years because there is a certain residents. there are many areas but deeply interest me but one of the one that gives me the most fun is there shared questions on sullivan. we will save that for later. [laughs] i have looked at judge silverman's history. i followed very closely throughout his career. very exciting but he did. i have looked in vain for anything that could explain his administrative law expertise prior to his going on the court in 1985. he did a lot a very important foreign intelligence work. he practiced law in intelligence. he served as deputy attorney general, the deputy secretary of labor, i don't think that those jobs would've trained him. so i have to fix a, and time actually i have to roast

um what an honorable man? i always think whenever i go in the basement of the dc circuit, i look for that red convertible that he always drove was always there was ubiquitous. see that's a big word. i learned that from the rogets thesaurus. but at any rate i did there's so many people here and i'm not gonna go through everybody there. i know so many people here and once i get started, it'd be a roll call. i just there's so much i could say about all that so many of you've done but i appreciate you all. i appreciate pound panelists today and all the work and effort time you put into this. i appreciate my former clerks. i love my kids. the these are my kids they spend a year of their lives with me and they never get away. they i'm a we're part of each other's lives. the opposite downs the challenges the difficulties the joys. there's their mind and i love being a part of their lives as does my wife. and stephanie coleman and we just had a big read another one of our one or two or three year reunions in west virg

to honor uncle monty! a long over due honor. and you know who you have to thank for surprising you like this? uncle monty? that woman right there. and your that concocted this idea because this community is one that loves and celebrates you. i want to just take it back i know we got your family here today. scooty here. thanks for coming out scoot and he everyone else. it is good to see you all at city hall. i want to take us back to 1989. when uncle monty before 1989, we all remember some of you were in the born yet. but most of us remember the picnics the activities and events. and the things that uncle monty did to bring the community together. it happened regularly and it was a great time in fillmore. things change, though, there were challenge and so many lives were lost to gun violence. and often times the ability to afford to pay for a funeral was not always possible. and low and beholds, people would turn to uncle monty. can you help me. and uncle monty would help with helping to bridge that gap when there were challenges