George- I believe the monument is magnificent- and an altogether fitting tribute to the many Pennsylvanians who fought and contributed on this field. I visit it every time I am to Gettysburg, and it never fails to awe me, even when it was covered with tarps and scaffolding.
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'It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag'
-Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC. | 
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