American veterans across generations shared a common goal of valiantly protecting the country's freedoms. Their memory and the gratitude owed to them endure wherever democracy exists, and the American veteran stands as an enduring symbol of heroism, sacrifice, loyalty, and freedom. The tribute closes with President Abraham Lincoln's words from the Gettysburg Address: "...that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."