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PLANT.
AND NOW THE JOINT SERVICES
HONOR
GUARD AND THE TOLEDO FIRE AND
POLICE COLOR GUARD WILL
PARTICIPATE
IN THE PRESENTATION OF COLORS.
PLEASE STAND.
>> WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND
BRIGHT
STARS THROUGH THE PERILOUS
FIGHT,
OVER THE WAN -- RAMPARTS WE
WATCHED
WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING
CUSTOMER AND THE ROCKETS RED
GLARE,
THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR, GAVE
PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT
OUR
FLAG WAS STILL THERE.
ZERO, SAY DOES THAT STAR-
SPANGLED
BANNER BANNER YET WAVE OVER THE
LAND OF THE THREE AND THE HOME
OF
THE BRAVE.
>> THAT WAS PERFORMED BY THE
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO STUDENT.
AND NO SALUTE FALLEN HEROES.
-- AND NOW A SALUTE FALLEN
HEROES.
>> TODAY IS A TIME TO
COMMEMORATE
AND REFLECT ON DR. KING'S WORDS
AND
WORKS TO PROMOTE JUSTICE,
EQUALITY,
AND DIGNITY FOR ALL OF
HUMANITY.
A MAN OF ACTION, DR. KING PUT
HIS
LIFE ON THE LINE FOR FREEDOM
AND
JUSTICE EVERY DAY.
ULTIMATELY, HE PAID THE
ULTIMATE
PRICE TO MAKE DEMOCRACY A
REALITY
FOR ALL AMERICANS.
AS MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES,
WE
STRIVE TO EMULATE DR. KING'S
INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP,
TIRELESS
COMMITMENT, AND MORAL AND
PHYSICAL
COURAGE.
AS DR. CHANG -- DR. KING CHOSE
TO
SERVE TO OTHERS, WE AS MEMBERS
OF
THE ARMED FORCES CHOOSE TO BE
PART
OF SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS
THE
BEST OF OUR NATION.
AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THAT
CHOICE,
SOME HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE
PRICE
JOINING THE HONOR ROLL OF
HEROES
WHO BUILT THE NOBLE LEGACY OF
OUR
NATIONS 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 THIS MORNING WE WILL GATHER
IN
THE SHADOWS OF GREATNESS, THOSE
WARRIORS WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE
US
WILL NOT BECOME DISTANT
MEMORIES.
BUT WILL FOREVER AND ALWAYS BE
A
PART OF US AND WHO WE ARE.
LET US NOT PAUSE FOR A MOMENT
OF
SILENCE -- LET US NOW PAUSE FOR
A
MOMENT OF SILENCE TO HONOR AND
PAY
TRIBUTE TO THE BRAVE
INDIVIDUALS
WHO HAVE FOUGHT AND FELL IN
BATTLE
IN DEFENSE OF OUR LIBERTY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE
REMAIN
STANDING.
>> ♪ ♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪ ♪