Speech of Senator Harry S. Truman at the Dedication of the Legion Monument in St. Louis, Missouri
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OCR Page 1 of 7SPEECH OF SENATOR HARRY S. TRUMAN
AT THE DEDICATION OF THE LEGION
MONUMENT IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
SEPTEMBER 6, 1942
FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
Some twenty-three years ago there assembled in this great city of St.
Louis a group of veterans of the last World War. They were dedicated to the
perpetuation of the spirit, valor, and patriotism which won that war. They
were determined to keep alive in this country the ideals for which their com-
rades had laid down their lives and for which they themselves had fought so
valiantly. In their hearts was a consuming hatred for the forces of oppression
which sought to crush the free peoples of the world. In their memory was an
undying horror of war. It was their purpose to band together and begin again
to fight - not with the weapons of war but with the weapons of peace - to
bring home to every American, and by example, to every nation of the world the
ideals and principles expressed by the Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution of the United States.
From that meeting the American Legion was born, and today we commemorate
that event.
In former years the key note of the Annual State Convention of the Legion
has been one of celebration. But today we cannot celebrate. This is a solemn
hour
- one of the most solemn hours in American history. It is time for
serious talk.
Conceived in the spirit of peace and the supremacy of free institutions
everywhere, the American Legion has become a vital force in American life.
Its more than one million members have carried the ideals of its founders into
every American community.
In the past the Legion has been the rallying ground for the development
of the youth of America in the meaning of Democracy. It is now providing the
leadership to defend that Democracy.
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