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President Bush Visits Arlington National Cemetery for Memorial Day
For the sixth time in his presidency George Bush visited Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day to honor those Americans who have died in battle.
Bush laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, also referred to as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and noted in a short speech “On this day of memory, we mourn brave citizens who laid their lives down for our freedom. May we always honor them, may we always embrace them and may we always be faithful to who they were and what they fought for.”
In his Saturday radio address Bush had said “On Memorial Day, we rededicate ourselves to freedom’s cause.” It was that cause that the President referred to on Monday when he spoke of the American men and women who are serving in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq, “Those who serve are not fatalists or cynics, they know that one day this war will end, as all wars do. Our duty is to make sure this war was worth the sacrifice.”
