Those remembered here served, suffered, wept, and died so that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. The conflicts named are the French and Indian War, 1755 - 1763; War of Independence, 1775 - 1783; War of 1812, 1812 - 1814; Seminole War, 1817 - 1818; Mexican War, 1846 - 1848; Civil War, 1861 - 1865; Spanish - American War, 1888; Philippine Insurrection, 1899 - 1902; Mexico Insurrection, 1916 - 1917; World War One, 1917 - 1918; World War Two, 1941 - 1945; Korean War, 1950 - 1953; Vietnam War, 1965 - 1973; and Lebanon Peacekeeping, 1983 - 1984, followed by the words "And more to come."