Thread by @18airbornecorps

We continue our #DDay76 commemoration.

In a D Day radio address 76 years ago tonight, FDR told us "we shall prevail." And that is again an important message for our Nation in these trying times. We shall prevail.

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We, as a Nation, must listen, learn, and improve - and have empathy and compassion for each other - and we will prevail.

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As our D Day commemoration demonstrates, this great Nation prevailed when the world was faced with tyranny.

[pic: @101stAASLTDIV Paratroopers w/ captured Nazi flag on June 6, 1944]

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While imperfect & with a checkered past, this great Nation has long stood against bullies.

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Although we haven't always gotten it right, the United States has long supported those who need protection and empowerment.

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This great Nation survived a war for its independence and a war with itself, a Depression, two World Wars, internal strife, wars people forgot and wars people want to forget, a Cold War, and many other challenges.

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This great Nation has seen leadership changes, industrialization, societal advancements, rights to vote, equality improved and improving. This great Nation is still pushing for more.

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Because we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights.

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This great Nation has come together and thrived, and suffered, and thrived again. And this great Nation will continue to do so.

FDR, June 6 1944: "We shall prevail"

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