Memorial Quotes

“Let us, then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of springtime.”

“To build a memorial, it's not just a matter of saying, 'Well, we're going to do it.' It's a matter of getting it done.”

“It is a memorial that is honest about the reality of war. It doesn't make heroes, and it doesn't try to make a political statement.”

“The monument is a symbol of the nation's gratitude to its Marines.”

“I think that the World Trade Center should be a living memorial.”

“Cover them over with beautiful flowers, Deck them with garlands, those brothers of ours, Lying so silent by night and by day.”