"What we dedicate today is not a memorial to war, rather it's a tribute to the physical and moral courage that makes heroes out of farm and city boys and that inspires Americans in every generation to lay down their lives for people they will never meet, for ideals that make life itself worth living."
Bob Dole was an American politician and U.S. senator from Kansas who was the Republican nominee for president in 1996. He was also a decorated World War II veteran and long-time Senate leader.