“On this day, the 30th of May, we call to mind the deaths of those who died that the nation might live, who wagered all that life holds dear for the great prize of death in battle, who poured out their blood like water in order that the mighty national structure raised by the fair-seeing genius of Washington, Franklin, Marshall, Hamilton and the other great leaders of the Revolution, great framers of the Constitution, should not crumble into meaningless ruins.”

Arlington, VA
May 30, 1902