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GUARD AND TOLEDO FIRE AND
POLICE COLOR GUARD WILL
PRESENTATION IN THE
PRESENTATION OF THE COLOR.
>> AND NOW OUR NATIONAL
ANTHEM WILL BE PERFORM BY
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF
THE TOLEDO YOUTH CHOIR
AERIAL CAMPBELL.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
♪♪ O SAY CAN YOU SEE ♪♪
♪♪ BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT
♪♪
♪♪
WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HELD AT
THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING
♪♪
♪♪ WHOSE BROUGHT STRIPES AND
BRIGHT TASHS ♪♪
THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT ♪♪
ORE THE RAMP ARTS WE WERE SO
GALLIANTLY STREAMING ♪♪
♪♪ AND THE ROCKETS RED GLARE
♪♪
♪♪ THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR
♪♪
♪♪ GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE
NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS
STILL THERE ♪♪
♪♪ O SAY DOES THAT
STAR-SPANGLED BANNER YET
WAVE ♪♪
♪♪ OR,OF THE LAND OF THE FREE
AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE ♪♪
[APPLAUSE]
>> TODAY IS THE TIME TO
COMMEMORATE AND REFLECT ON
DR. KING'S WORK AND WORK ON
JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND
DIGNITY FOR ALL OF MAN.
A MAN OF ACTION DR. KING PUT
HIS LIFE ON THE LINE FOR
FREEDOM AND JUSTICE EVERY
DAY AND ULTIMATELY PAID THE
HIGHEST PRICE TO MAKE
DEMOCRACY A REALITY FOR ALL
AMERICANS.
AS MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES WE STRIVE TO IMEYE
LATE DR. KING'S COURAGEOUS
LEADERSHIP AND MORAL
COURAGE.
BEING A MEMBER OF THE ARMED
FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES
TO BE APART OF SOMETHING
THAT REPRESENTS THE BEST OF
OUR NATION.
IT IS A WAY TO ACCEPT LIFE
AND TO DEFEND THOSE WHO
CANNOT DEFEND THEMSELVES.
TO THRIVE IN HARDSHIP TO
MARCH TO THE SOUND OF THE
GUN AND TO ABLY SHOULDER THE
HERITAGE CREATED BY THOSE
WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE HIM.
ONLY A FEW AMERICANS CHOOSE
THE DANGEROUS AND NECESSARY
WORKS OF FIGHTING OUR
NATION'S ENEMIES.
AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THIS
SOME HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE
PRICE JOINING THE HONOR ROLL
OF HEROES WHO BUILT THE
NOBLE LEGACY OF OUR NATION'S
FINEST.
FOR THOSE OF US WHO CARRY ON
THAT LEGACY AND LIVE WITH
FREEDOM AND LIBERTY IT IS
OUR OBLIGATION TO REMEMBER
THOSE BRAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE
TO THIS GREAT NATION.
SO TODAY WE GATHER IN THE
SHADOWS OF GREATNESS IT WILL
ALWAYS BE APART OF US AND
WHO WE ARE.
THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE
US WILL NOT BECOME DISTANT
MEMORIES BUT WILL FOREVER
AND ALWAYS LIVE IN OUR
HEARTS.
LET US NOW PAUSE FOR A
MOMENT OF SILENCE TO HONOR,
TO REMEMBER, AND TO PAY
TRIBUTE TO THOSE BRAVE
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE FOUGHT
AND FELL IN BATTLE FOR OUR
LIBERTY.
[PLAYING TAPPS]