"A Mighty Endeavor"
77 years ago today, FDR, our 32nd President, gave one of the most memorable and consequential speeches in American history.
Portions of that speech are worth reviewing today.
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"Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.
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"They will be sore tried, by night and by day, without rest - until the victory is won. The darkness will be rent by noise and flame. Men's souls will be shaken with the violences of war.
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"For these men are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate.
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"Some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom.
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"We shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Almighty God, lead us to the saving of our country, and a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil."
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77 years later, we thank the men of D Day for ensuring this peace we've been granted, a peace that allows all to live in freedom.
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