Posted on 05/29/2004 9:06:39 AM PDT by RobFromGa
Resident historian Steve Gillon and WWII veteran and former Army Ranger Len Lomell join host Josh Binswanger as we transmit live from the dedication in Washington of the National World War II Memorial, which lies between the Washington and Lincoln Monuments.
Former Senator Bob Dole, a WWII veteran and Chairman of the WWII Memorial Campaign, will speak, as well as President Bush.
ON between 2 and 3:30pm this afternoon. History Channel also on CSPAN at 2pm.
I didn't see a thread and I thought people might not be aware that the President will be talking this afternoon at the WW2 Memorial Dedication.
gonna be stuck at work for the start of it. are any of the sites carrying the text from the speechs afterward that anyone is aware of?
LIVE THREAD PING!!!!!
Did anybody happen to see the panel discussion on CSPAN yesterday? With all the old excuse makers, including Bob Doyle, George McGovern, and Mike Wallace, among others?
There was some kind of distrubance and I missed it; does anybody have any information on that?
The panel is being rerun on CSPAN right now!
I read on another thread that Mike Wallace was trashing President Bush and spoke out against Iraq when the discusion was supposed to be about WWII. A few in the audience booed but it didn't deter the rant.
Please...update on any dustup on the CSPAN panel...for us cable/satellite-deprived folks.
Thanks in advance!
I remember that. What thread was it on?
See #9!
The weather in DC today is made to order: low temperature, slight breeze, blue sky, bright sunshine and even the cicadas are starting to quiet down. It's going to be a moving event.
Thank you. I just overheard a snippet of a show my husband is watching about our fallen heros, saying "they lived with us, and now they live within us."
I love that.
I believe 7:00 central time.
Found it:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1144090/posts?page=31#31
Statement by Maj.Winters Fmr Commander of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion,506th PIR, 101st Airborne
post 34
President's Discusses Memorial Day in Weekly Radio Address
Radio Address by the President to the Nation
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Monday is Memorial Day and all across America this weekend, people are remembering those who fought for freedom and who gave their lives in service to their country.
Here in the Nation's Capital, Saturday has a special significance as we dedicate the World War II Memorial in the presence of thousands of veterans of that conflict. When it mattered most, an entire generation of Americans stepped forward to fight evil and show the finest qualities of our nation, and of humanity.
The World War II Memorial will stand forever as a tribute to the generation that fought that war, and to the more than 400,000 Americans who gave their lives. Because of their sacrifice, tyrants fell; fascism and Nazism were vanquished; and freedom prevailed.
Today, freedom faces new enemies, and a new generation of Americans has stepped forward to defeat them. Since the hour this nation was attacked on September the 11th, 2001, we have seen the character of the men and women who wear our country's uniform. In places like Kabul and Kandahar, Mosul and Baghdad, we have seen their decency and brave spirit. And because of their fierce courage, America is safer. And two terror regimes are gone forever, and more than 50 million souls now live in freedom.
Our mission continues, and we will see it through to victory. We have a strategy to defeat our terrorist enemy, and a plan to help establish lasting freedom in Iraq. The stakes are high, and they are clear. The enemy seeks to establish a new haven for terror and violence at the heart of the Middle East. They seek to force free nations to retreat into isolation and fear, yet we will persevere, and defeat this enemy, and hold this hard-won ground for the realm of liberty.
Those who have fought the battles of the war on terror and served the cause of freedom can be proud of all they have achieved. And these veterans of battle will carry with them, for all their days, the memory of the ones who did not live to be called veterans. Each man or woman we have laid to rest had hopes for the future, and left a place that can never be filled. Each was the most important person in someone's life. For their families there is terrible sorrow, and we pray for their comfort. For the nation, there is a feeling of loss, and we remember each name.
Through our history, America has gone to war reluctantly because we have known the costs of war. And in every generation, it is the best among us who are called to pay that price. Those who have paid those costs have given us every moment we live in freedom, and every living American is in their debt. We can never repay what they gave for this country. But on this holiday, we acknowledge the debt by showing our respect and gratitude.
Thank you for listening.
END
Live right now...Mike Wallace on CSPAN2 is bashing Pres. Bush as unqualified to lead as Commander in Chief. Also calling Iraq a 'bad war'. He is on a panel which is supposed to be discussing World War II.
Some in the audience tried to protest, but they basically made them shutup... they did allow those who support this view to applaud....
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