Americans who served, supported, and sacrificed for freedom are honored through declarations and quotations spanning the nation’s history, including passages from the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution and words by Patrick Henry, Nathan Hale, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Thomas Paine, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Lincoln’s words of comfort for the war dead and their families, all centered on liberty, vigilance, duty, sacrifice, unity, and lasting peace.