Bush: "without the courage of the soldiers of our Continental Army, the words of the Declaration would have been forgotten by history, dismissed as the radical musings of a failed revolution."
"We celebrate Independence Day each year because that ragtag group of citizen soldiers challenged the world's most powerful military, secured our liberty and planted a standard of freedom to which the entire world has aspired."
Post-speech
Missed it by one.
th Lt. Gen. John R. Vines, Commanding Gen. XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg