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On this hallowed ground at Bellow wood .

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We're surrounded by the solemn reminder

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of the price of peace . A price paid

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more than 100 years ago by marines

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answering our call to duty to country

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and to

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on this very ground . We fought battles

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both together and against one another

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in the face of insurmountable odds .

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Our brave sons , fathers , uncles and

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brothers , as well as our sisters ,

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aunts and mothers laid down their lives

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to protect not only our homeland but

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the very idea of freedom . They now

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rest here and we pay Omar to their

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valor

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today . Our alliance is strong as

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strong as it has ever been but threats

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to democracy and freedom remain . We

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enjoy relative peace here today paid

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for in part by the more than 6000

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Americans buried here . But no peace is

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permanent . Democracy is imperfect .

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Freedom is fragile . We are all well

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aware of the troubles in the East . May

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we not grow lazy or complacent and take

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our peace for granted ? Instead , let

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us face our precious future and long

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embrace a tomorrow that our fallen will

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never see with a sense of courage and

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commitment worthy of their sacrifice .

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Viva , la France . God bless America

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and Sra Fidelis .