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From YouTube: Arlington Historical Society 2017 Gala
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Highlights of the 2017 Arlington Historical Society annual gala, held at the Army Navy Country Club on June 6 2017.
A
A
We
all
know
that
today
commemorates
the
d-day
invasions
on
June
6
1944,
but
many
people
forget
that
yesterday
commemorated
the
75th
anniversary,
the
very
important
battles,
the
Battle
of
Midway,
and
in
that
battle,
the
US
Navy
sank:
four
Japanese
aircraft
carriers
at
the
loss
of
one
aircraft
carrier,
the
Yorktown
and
militarily.
That
was
a
great
victory
in
a
small
loss,
but
not
for
Joseph's
Patrick,
who
was
the
treasurer
of
Norfolk.
A
His
brother
was
on
the
Yorktown
and
he
went
down
with
it
and
it's
because
of
people
like
that
that
we're
here
today,
it's
now
my
honor
to
present
retired
commander
James
pebbly,
who
will
update
us
on
our
namesake
ship,
the
USS
Arlington
and
the
USS
Arlington
was
forged
in
the
fires
of
the
Pentagon
and
Navy
pride
commander.
Pebbly.
B
Well
good
evening,
I
finally
made
it
to
a
Historical
Society
meeting
I'm
very
proud,
because
this
is
something
I
always
wanted
to
go
to
and
I
didn't
get
confused
and
think
it
was
a
committee
100
meeting
Frank
asked
me
to
talk
tonight
about
the
USS
Arlington,
which
I'm
just
going
to
call
the
Arlington
or
the
ship
save
syllables.
He
said
I
need
to
explain
what
this
ship
meant
to
us
and
how
it
relates
the
events
on
the
day
that
war
came
to
our
County.
B
We
hope
to
get
the
kit
ship's
captain
speak,
but
he's
busy
right
now.
He
is
currently
piloting
that
ship,
an
ocean
away
he's
going
to
participate
in
another
historic
event,
and
that
was
the
arrival
of
Americans
a
hundred
years
ago
in
France.
How
appropriate
is
that
I
accepted
the
speaking
role,
mainly
because
I'm,
a
retired
Navy
officer
and
because
Frank
said
I
had
to
Frank's
guidance
was
a
bit
fuzzier
though,
and
I
asked
him
what
to
talk
about,
and
he
said
well
the
ship
of
course,
and
do
it
only
in
8
minutes.
Well,
I'll,
succeed.
B
It
won
and
fail
at
the
other,
but
I've
been
known
for
that.
So
what
is
a
USS
Arlington
she's,
the
Navy
amphibious
combat
ship?
Let
me
get
technical
for
second,
get
that
out
of
the
way
she
weighs
twenty
five
thousand
tons,
she's
eight
hundred
and
eighty
four
feet,
long
going
downhill.
She
can
get
it
giddyup
all
the
way
to
25
miles
per
hour,
but
she
can
travel
halfway
around
the
world
on
one
tank
of
fuel.
B
B
She
has
four
engines
that
turned
to
propeller
shafts
with
40,000
horsepower,
she's
five
stories
tall
and
when
you
stand
next
to
where
you
start
thinking,
you're
very,
very
small,
so
you
can
fired
missiles
about
fire
missiles
at
incoming
aircraft
or
she
can
shoot
down.
Anti-Ship
missiles
with
thirty
millimeter
cannons
firing
at
a
rate
of
two
hundred
and
fifty
rounds
per
minute,
she's
a
navy
ship
of
the
line,
and
if
this
was
the
Arlington's
baseball
card,
I
just
read
you
the
back
of
it.
B
But
you
ask:
why
does
she
need
all
of
that?
Well,
the
Arlington
is
designed
to
project
power.
That
means
she
can
rescue
Americans
in
danger
overseas,
provide
massive
humanitarian
support,
disaster
sites
or
assist
allies
when
they
call
for
assistance.
Here's
an
example
during
the
first
Gulf
War,
the
presence
of
amphibious
forces
and
ships
offshore
of
Kuwait
tied
up
about
half
of
Saddam
Hussein's
army
during
that
war,
without
firing
a
shot,
that's
power
projection.
B
So
why
name
is
ship
after
our
County?
Well,
it's
to
honor
the
namesake
of
that
of
the
the
namesake
of
that
ship,
we're
the
name
shake-shake.
It's
like
this
1973,
the
Navy
named
a
frigate
Dorie
Miller
after
an
african-american
cook
who
helped
rescue
his
captain
from
a
burning
bridge
of
the
USS
West
Virginia,
and
then
fired
a
50
caliber
machine
gun
attack
at
attacking
aircraft
in
Pearl
Harbor
in
1941.
B
Until
he
ran
out
of
bullets,
the
Navy
names
aircraft
carriers
after
presidents
subs
after
States
the
ships
like
ours
after
major
cities,
but
after
9/11,
the
Navy
decided
to
name
one
of
these
San
antonio-class
amphibious
ships.
As
a
tribute
to
the
memories
of
those
lost
in
New.
York
City
and
the
heroism
of
their
first
responders,
but
they
were
only
going
to
name
one
tribute
ship
that
bothered
a
lot
of
us
in
a
few
places
like
Darlington
and
Somerset
County.
One
man
named
mr.
B
Hobart
herb
Wolfe,
who
was
a
longtime
Navy
civilian,
who
lost
his
son-in-law
in
the
Pentagon
attack,
cited
that
wasn't
right.
This
man
started
pressing
the
Navy.
This
one
single
man
did
name
two
more
tribute
ships
and,
while
attending
a
pentagon
memorial
survivors
group
meeting
with
the
Secretary
of
the
Navy,
he
approached
him
grabbed
his
sleeve
and
convinced
him
to
correct
the
oversight.
B
This
wasn't
the
first
ship
daughter,
Ark
Ark
County.
There
are
two
previous
ships.
The
first
was
a
troop
transport
ship,
a
steamer
that
saw
action
in
World
War
two.
The
second
was
an
old
world
war,
two
era
aircraft
carrier,
the
USS
Saipan.
She
was
reacted
from
a
mothball
feat
in
64
and
converted
to
provide
global
communications
during
the
Vietnam
conflict
and
she
provided
communication
support
to
the
Apollo
8
landing
in
the
Pacific.
Well,
she
only
carried
our
name
for
a
short
period
who
provided
key
communications.
B
B
The
new
Arlington
was
born
in
the
Huntington
Ingalls
shipyard
in
Pascagoula
Mississippi
in
2008,
county
manager,
Ron
Carly
was
there
and
helped
lay
the
keel
in
a
traditional
ceremony,
making
sure
the
spine
on
the
new
ship
would
be
straight.
Who
would
have
thought
he
had
chiropractic
talents
in
March,
2011,
county
manager,
Barbara,
Donnellan
and
Fire
Chief
Jim
Schwartz
sitting
over
at
the
other
end?
There
helps
at
the
christening
and
they
they
assisted
the
sponsor
mrs.
B
Donald
Rumsfeld,
the
secretary
defense,
then
and
911,
who
is
the
ship's
sponsor
for
our
ship
in
March
2013,
our
ship
arrived
in
Norfolk
all
brand-new.
The
fresh
paint
and
the
new
crew
and
eager
to
get
ready
for
commissioning
her
that's
kind
of
like
the
Navy's
coming-out
party,
only
so
a
little
more
formal
when
she
arrived.
B
There
were
two
in
Arlington
fire
engine
pumpers
a
ladder
truck
three
Arlington
police,
cruisers,
two
motorcycles
from
Arlington
two
from
Fairfax
and
the
FBI's
evidence
collection
van
parked
on
a
pier
to
greet
our
ship,
nearly
50
first
responders,
all
in
their
dress
uniforms
were
staying
at
at
Denton
at
the
pier.
They
all
knew
that
this
ship
embodied
the
very
essence
of
the
service
and
sacrifice
they
provide
the
ship's
crew.
Nearly
300
of
them
were
in
dress
uniforms
lining
the
rails
when
the
first
line
was
thrown
over
the
side.
B
The
ship's
public
address
system
announced
shift
colors,
which
in
navy
speak
means
the
ship
has
arrived
and
our
personnel
on
the
on
the
pier
came
to
attention
and
saluted.
Then
the
crew
lining
the
rail
returned
their
salutes
when
the
fire
and
police
reached
over
and
turned
on
their
sirens
and
ships
responded
with
it's
gigantic
horn
and
then
all
the
other
ships
along
the
Navy
waterfront
Norfolk
sounded
their
horns
saluting
our
ship
for
those
whose
lives
are
lost
and
those
who
dedicate
their
to
our
safety.
B
The
Naval
Station
commander,
who
was
standing
next
to
me,
told
me
in
his
30
years
in
the
Navy.
He
had
never
seen
a
ship
salud
that
way
on
arriving
in
port
the
first
time.
At
that
moment,
I
understood
how
servicemembers
everywhere,
especially
as
a
former
Navy
man,
felt
about
the
Arlington
men
and
women
who
went
to
the
aid
of
their
comrades
9:11
after
two
years
of
passing,
certifications
qualifications
going
in
exercises
into
2015.
Our
ship
is
ready
to
project
the
sea
power
I
mentioned
before
she
made
us
proud.
B
B
She
sailed
into
the
Persian
Gulf
and
seven
months
later
she
retraced
that
route.
She
operated
with
three
different
Navy
fleets.
Convective
exercises
the
Armed
Forces
of
over
five
Allied
navies.
The
NATO
visited
seaports
all
the
way
along
the
way,
her
trip
over
and
back
with
all
the
diversions
along
the
way
covered,
36,000
miles
in
one
cruise
and
everywhere
she
sailed.
She
sailed
with
the
name
of
arc
County
and
raised
steel
letters
five
feet
high
across
her
Stern.
B
She
returned
to
Norfolk
in
May
last
year
and
once
again,
our
first
responders
were
waiting
for
her
at
the
pier
and
once
again
our
first
responders
were
saluted.
That's
a
lot
of
accomplishments,
but
I
don't
recover
as
a
fraction
the
40
year
life.
This
ship
is
going
to
have
correct
our
name.
Okay.
Finally,
a
word
about
how
Frank
and
I
became
involved
in
this.
In
2012,
the
county
manager,
Barbara
Donnellan
went
looking
for
a
former
Navy
guide
to
run
a
committee
to
support
that
the
ship's
commissioning
it
seemed
somewhere
along
a
line
I.
B
Let
that
slip
that
I
was
a
retired
Navy
officer,
so
I
couldn't
refuse,
and
besides
how
hard
could
that
be,
I
get
to
go
hang
around
with
the
Navy
and
what
a
great
way
to
acknowledge
our
hometown
heroes.
It
was
only
later
I
found
out
that
the
sites
helping
pay
for
some
ceremonial
celebrations,
organizing
some
invitation
lists
and
helping
publish
a
really
select
nice
commemorative
magazine.
The
Navy
had
set
aside
a
space
inside
that
ship
for
the
building
the
tribute
room.
B
B
The
good
news
was
a
really
short
police
captain,
now
retired
Kevin
Reardon
was
on
board
to
help
guide
me,
but
hell
I
wasn't
sure.
I
could
raise
$1,000
for
this
much
less
keep
track
of
where
the
damn
money
was
so
I
turned
to
the
one
guy
I
knew
in
the
county.
Who
could
handle
money?
Our
treasurer
Frank
O'leary
little
realizing
my
good
fortune
because
of
his
talents
at
knowing
how
to
raise
money.
He
always
sent
here
is
proof
all
right
with
Frank's
help.
B
16
months
later,
we
raised
the
money
we
needed
and
we
accomplished
our
mission.
The
ship
was
commissioned
in
fine
form
tribute
room
was
built,
and
everyone
here
owes
a
debt
of
gratitude
to
Frank
and
Kevin.
After
the
commissioning
was
over
with
the
funds
we
had
leftover,
we
formed
a
successor
group,
the
USS
Arlington
Community
Alliance,
to
keep
those
bonds
strong.
Yes,
I'm
on
the
last
page,
Frank
between
our
community
and
the
ship.
A
B
Counting
well
I
hate
to
end
this
on
a
somber
or
even
a
little
bit
of
model.
A
note
I'd
have
to
report
that
I'm
stepping
down
the
chair
of
that
group
and
I'm
looking
for
a
knave
another
Navy
man
or
woman
who
lives
in
our
County
to
stiffen
in
my
shoes,
I
gladly
stay
on,
but
due
to
my
impending
retirement
in
September
and
for
some
health
reasons,
my
wife
and
I
will
be
redeploying
from
Arlington
to
Wake
Forest
North
Carolina
this
summer
household
Friday
and
while
I
may
be
separated
by
some
distance
here.
B
My
heart
will
always
remain
in
Arlington.
My
soul
will
be
dedicated
ship,
we're
in
our
name
and
someday
as
a
measure
that
dedication
I
hope
in
the
very
far
distant
future.
I'd
have
the
honor
to
have
my
ashes,
dispersed
at
sea
front,
we're
stern,
so
I.
Thank
you
for
listening
to
store
and
how
herose
I'm
on
that
awful
day
in
2001
resulted
in
the
greatest
honor.
Maybe
it
can
be
still
in
any
town,
City,
State
or
person
who
is
great
for
our
community
and
I?
Thank
you
very
much.
A
A
Let
me
tell
you
just
something
about
Jim
pebbly.
He
won
the
highest
award
that
the
Ark
and
Civic
Federation
offers,
and
he
was
just
bestowed
on
that
award
was
stood
out
him
this
past
spring
and
we
are
going
to
miss
him
in
Arlington
County.
He
does
so
much
for
so
many
so
Jim
I
hate
to
see
you
go
buddy.
A
C
So
I
want
to
Jim
just
just
strike
a
personal
note
here.
This
was
a
very
touching
comment
that
that
our
former
treasurer
made-
and
please
know
that,
on
behalf
of
the
entire
Arlington
County
Board,
we're
really
going
to
miss
you
and
I
want
you
to
know
that
you
know
we're
going
to
have
some
additional
task
forces
and
community
initiatives
that
we're
going
to
have
to
go
forward
with,
and
we
may
need
to
import
some
outside
Talent.
So
keep
that
in
mind.
So
you
know
some
people
deserve
short
introductions,
mostly
young
people.
C
However,
this
is
a
young
person
who
doesn't
deserve
a
short
introduction.
In
fact,
she
deserves
quite
a
long
one.
However,
the
30
minute
introduction
that
I
crafted
Frank
I
had
two
/
about
two
minutes,
so
that's
all
you're
going
to
hear
tonight
for
for
Allison
for
Allison,
Sarah,
Finkelstein
and
I'm,
just
going
to
rattle
off
a
couple
of
highlights
from
her
resume
education,
University
of
Maryland
College,
Park
PhD
in
history
bet
from
in
May
2015,
a
concentration
in
historic
preservation
and
US
cultural
history.
C
C
She
was
served
on
the
Holocaust
Educational
Trust
at
the
Lord
wants
worth
College
in
long
satin,
Hampshire
England.
Just
to
give
you
an
idea
of
the
diversity
of
her
historic
in
history
experience
the
Colonial,
Williamsburg
foundation.
Here's
a
couple
of
publications
quote
a
female
sanctuary
on
the
former
Western
Front,
the
gold
star
pilgrimage
rest
houses
in
France,
and
she
was
selected
to
write
a
chapter
on
American
women
in
World
War,
one
for
the
joint
American
battle
monuments,
Commission
and
National
Park
Service,
World
War,
one
Centennial
commemoration,
handbook
Alison.
When
is
that
coming
out.
C
Okay,
I'm
not
even
going
to
go
through
the
dizzying
array
of
conference,
presentations,
honors
and
awards
that
are
on
her
resume,
but
I
do
want
to
just
conclude,
with
a
couple
of
other
items
to
really
demonstrate
Alan's
Allison's
commitment
to
civic
engagement
in
public
service.
She
served
on
the
United
Service
on
the
United
States
World
War,
one
Centennial
Commission,
which
is
really
kind
of
the
mother
organization
of
our
own
Arlington
group.
And
finally,
the
Society
of
the
honor
guard,
the
Tomb
of
the
Unknown
Soldier
dr.
Finklestein
is
truly
history,
personified.
D
Well,
thank
you
mr.
Vyse
set
for
that
extremely
generous
introduction.
I
am
thoroughly
embarrassed
now
in
front
of
everybody.
I
also
want
to
thank
chief
Schwartz,
who
is
here
tonight,
he's
our
county
staff
liaison,
and
he
will
be
speaking
after
me
and
also
a
big
THANK
YOU
to
the
Arlington
Historical
Society,
for
inviting
me
to
speak
tonight,
especially
my
fellow
task
force,
member
Frank
O'leary,
who
got
me
to
be
here.
I
am
really
honored
to
speak
with
you
all
and
I'm
excited
to
work
alongside
the
Society,
as
you
just
heard.
D
I
am
here
this
evening
as
the
chair
of
the
Arlington
County
World,
War,
1,
commemoration,
task
force
and
I
would
like
to
begin
my
remarks
by
briefly
explaining
our
mission
and
outlining
our
plans.
The
Arlington
County
Board
formed
our
task
force
to
develop
a
plan
for
commemorating
World
War
one
in
our
community
and
also
to
really
coordinate
the
county's
recognition
of
the
significant
anniversary.
In
our
first
few
months
we
have
outlined
three
major
goals.
D
First,
we
intend
to
engage
the
community
with
the
historical
significance
of
America's
involvement
in
World
War
one,
as
well
as
the
more
specific
story
of
Arlington
County
during
the
war.
Second,
we
plan
to
collaborate
with
other
local
organizations
on
commemorative
events
and
programs
like
the
one
you
are
at
right
now
and
third,
we
want
to
work
with
a
diverse
group
of
community
stakeholders
to
discuss
ways
to
interpret
the
history
of
the
Clarendon
War
Memorial.
D
With
these
three
goals
in
mind,
we
are
developing
an
exciting
schedule
of
events
through
November
2018
I,
look
forward
to
working
with
the
Arlington
Historical
Society
on
many
of
these
programs
and
I
welcome
ideas
from
the
community
as
we
move
forward,
and
just
to
give
you
an
idea
of
how
key
the
Arlington
Historical
Society
has
already
been
to
the
task
force's
work.
Several
members
Frank
Annette,
Ben
Val,
who
is
here
somewhere,
probably
hiding,
have
been
really
providing
a
lot
of
support
to
us.
D
They
have
a
lot
of
expertise
on
the
subject
of
the
county
during
World
War
one
so
I
like
to
thank
them
as
well.
I
now
want
to
shift
my
focus
to
the
main
substance
of
my
remarks
this
evening,
which
is
going
to
be
a
short
reflection
on
the
power
of
people
and
the
power
of
place
in
military
commemoration.
D
During
the
Memorial
Day
ceremony
at
the
Clarendon
War
Memorial
last
week,
Mr
Dan
Donohue,
a
Task
Force
member,
representing
American
Legion
Post
139,
along
with
his
colleagues,
exemplified
the
importance
of
the
power
of
people
in
commemorations.
By
reading
the
roll
call
of
the
names
of
the
World
War
one
dead
listed
on
the
Clarendon
memorial,
it
was
to
me
a
deeply
stirring
and
meaningful
experience
to
hear
those
men's
names
read
over
a
microphone
in
the
heart
of
Clarendon.
D
As
people
a
brunch
at
the
nearby
restaurants
across
the
street
or
walked
through
the
busy
intersection,
these
names
invaded
their
space
and
forced
them
to
notice
the
ceremony
and
I
even
saw
several
passers-by
actually
stopped
to
briefly
join
the
audience
at
the
ceremony.
They
clearly
recognized
the
importance
of
the
event.
It's
moments
like
these
that
focus
on
individual
people
that
make
commemorations
so
relevant
to
society,
and
for
me,
although
I
studied
commemoration
from
a
more
academic
perspective,
people
are
really
what
drives
my
dedication
to
this
topic.
D
My
dad
is
a
retired
Army
officer
who
instilled
in
me
an
appreciation
for
the
importance
of
military
commemoration
from
an
early
age.
I
grew
up
also
enthralled
by
the
stories
that
my
two
grandfathers
told
me
about
their
World
War
two
service
and,
as
an
adult
I
was
really
fortunate
to
be
able
to
conduct
two
oral
histories
with
each
of
them.
My
grandpa
George
served
as
a
radio
repairmen
and
the
Army
Signal
Corps
in
Europe
the
story
of
how
his
service
helped
him
forge
a
very
successful
career
in
electronics
and
technology.
D
It
Pitta
Mises
the
way
that
servicemembers
can
take
their
wartime
skills
and
re-enter
the
civilian
workforce.
It's
his
experiences
that
remind
me
to
recognize
the
post-war
achievements
of
our
veterans
as
part
of
the
memorialization
process,
and
today,
on
the
73rd
anniversary
of
d-day.
I,
especially
want
to
mention
an
honor,
my
grandpa
Lou,
who
served
as
a
Navy
Seaman,
gunner
first
class
on
Omaha
Beach
during
the
first
wave
of
the
Normandy
invasion
during
the
invasion,
he
was
severely
injured
when
a
German
shell
hit
his
LCVP.
D
He
suffered
from
the
physical
and
emotional
wounds
of
that
day
for
the
rest
of
his
life,
although
my
family
never
really
knew
how
much
until
his
final
years
and
I'd
like
to
share
with
you
a
quote
today
from
that
oral
history,
I
conducted
with
him
in
2008
I
think
his
words
really
capture
how
those
young
men
must
have
felt
in
the
days
leading
up
to
the
Normandy
invasion.
He
described
to
me
how,
on
June
4th
quote
that
night.
D
It
is
close
like
this
one
from
my
grandpa
Lou
that
bring
to
life
the
raw
emotions
felt
by
those
whose
service
we
commemorate.
The
stories
of
our
veterans
and
their
experiences.
Take
military
commemorations
out
of
the
history,
textbooks
and
translate
them
into
true
that
our
community
can
understand,
but
it's
also
the
power
of
place
that
can
help
us
express
the
importance
of
military
commemorations
to
our
fellow
community
members.
D
As
a
scholar,
I'm
often
talking
about
sites
of
memory
places
where
historical
memories
are
rooted
in
a
location
like
a
cemetery,
a
battlefield
or
a
memorial
for
many
people-
and
perhaps
some
of
you
have
experienced
this
visiting
sites
of
memory,
elicits
an
emotional
response.
These
places
make
long
ago.
Events
seem
closer
to
our
modern
lives
and
here
in
Arlington,
as
we've
already
heard
today,
we
are
surrounded
by
sites
of
memory
from
almost
every
era
of
American
history.
D
The
local
connections
between
Arlington
and
World,
War
One,
will
enable
our
task
force
to
engage
the
community
in
a
distinct
and
impactful
way.
Although
we
are
an
ocean
away
from
the
Western
Front,
we
are
home
to
several
sites
central
to
the
National
memory
of
the
America
experienced
in
World
War,
one
chiefly,
as
you
all
know,
Arlington
National
Cemetery
and
the
Tomb
of
the
Unknown
Soldier,
located
on
a
hilltop
within
its
ground
and
their
significance
to
World
War.
One
is
so
important
that
I
can't
even
begin
to
touch
upon
it
in
my
short
remarks
today.
D
So
don't
worry,
Frank
I'm
not
going
there,
we'll
save
it
for
another
time,
I'm
going
to
stick
to
my
stick
to
my
time
limit,
but
you
all
are
well
aware
of
that,
and
you
also
know
that
millions
of
people
visit
our
County
each
year
to
make
a
pilgrimage
to
these
sites.
So
by
commemorating
World
War
one,
we
are
fulfilling
a
duty
incumbent
upon
our
County
as
the
home
to
these
sacred
places
and
with
the
installation
of
the
new
world
war.
1
exhibit
at
Arlington
National
Cemetery
in
the
visitor
center.
D
Our
County
now
also
hosts
an
exhibit
that
connects
Arlington,
National
Cemetery
to
the
American
World
War
1
sites
overseas
and
provides
visitors
with
an
educational
introduction
to
the
war
that
they
might
not
get
in
their
hometowns.
But
despite
these
national
shrines
located
in
our
County,
we're
also
still
a
lot
like
other
localities
that
pry
themselves
under
local
connections
to
world
war.
One.
D
These
memorials
exemplify
the
way
that
Americans
memorialized
World
War
one
at
a
local
level
through
grassroots
projects
based
in
their
communities,
and
these
were
often
led
by
local
veterans
groups
and
especially
women's
organizations.
Memorials
like
these
can
be
found
in
challenging
cities
across
America,
but,
like
other
similar
memorials.
The
Clarins
and
war
memorial
in
particular
also
reveals
the
racial
divisions
of
America's
World
War.
One
experience
through
the
segregation
of
the
names
on
the
World
War
1
plaque.
During
the
centennial
period.
D
We
have
an
opportunity
to
use
this
memorial
as
a
way
to
investigate
the
words
racial
legacy,
and
it
is
my
hope
that
we
can
all
come
together
as
a
community
to
figure
out
a
way
to
interpret
this
memorial
by
placing
it
within
the
larger
context
of
World
War.
One
to
conclude,
I
hold
my
reflection
on
the
power
of
people
and
the
power
of
place
and
military
commemorations
has.
Given
you
some
insight
into
the
ways
that
our
county
can
approach.
Memorialization
projects
for
the
world
were
one
centennial
in
particular.
D
A
A
Things
are
working
right,
where's,
my
net,
the
guy
you
see
on
the
big
screen
was
my
father.
This
took
place
in
the
Korean
War,
he
was
a
battalion
commander
tank
battalion.
His
battalion
was
hit
by
a
Chinese
division
and
there
then
ensued
a
three-day
battle,
a
very
desperate
battle,
hand-to-hand
combat
and,
at
the
end
of
the
three
days,
I'm
happy
to
report
that
my
dad's
units
had
won.
They
were
awarded
the
Presidential
Unit
Citation
for
their
accomplishment
and
my
dad
received
a
Silver
Star.
So
here's
a
look
at
Ian's
dad
Thanks.
A
E
Frank
everybody
knows
you
can
fill
a
room,
doesn't
take
too
much,
but
you
know,
but
your
word
to
put
200
people
200
your
best
friends
in
the
room,
and
it's
remarkable
to
see
everybody
out
here
this
evening
and
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
with
you.
You
know
I'm
not
going
to
talk
a
lot
about
the
nine
eleven,
a
of
nine
eleven,
not
least
of
which,
because
I
only
have
eight
minutes
and
pebbly
took
six
of
those,
but
the
Historical
Society
did
a
wonderful
thing.
E
Two
years
ago,
I
think
I'm,
looking
at
John
Richardson
when
we
did
a
recording,
telling
the
story
of
the
experience
at
9/11
and
so
that
that
exists
somewhere
in
your
archives
and
is
probably
available
in
Rob's
archives.
Also,
what
I
do
want
to
talk
just
a
little
bit
about,
is
you
know
not
just
the
experience
of
9/11,
but
why
9/11
not
why
it
happened
here,
but
the
specialness
with
which
this
community
connected
with
the
responders
that
day?
E
That
was
an
event
almost
17
years
ago,
that
was
of
national,
even
international
significance,
and
one
of
the
reasons
that
we
were
able
to
perform.
The
way
that
we
did
was
because
of
the
support
that
we
have
in
this
community.
The
support
that
we
had
before
September
11th,
and
certainly
the
support
that
we
have
enjoyed
with
us.
I
look
around
this
room.
E
Many
people
have
come
to
advocate,
and
you
know
for
our
public
safety
agencies
here
in
the
county
over
many
many
years
and
the
general
support
in
the
community
recognizing
the
importance
of
public
safety
and
what
what
we
do
on
a
daily
basis
has
always
been
very
heartening
to
somebody
like
me,
who
spent
32
years
in
the
fire
service.
Since
the
theme
tonight
is
both
military
and
first
responders.
E
I
will
share
with
you
that
very
early
in
my
tenure
as
chief
of
department,
I
appropriately
came
to
understand
the
navy
used,
and
that
was
when
a
new
commander
took
over
a
ship.
He
was
expected
to
produce
something
called
a
compass,
and
the
compass
was
a
written
document
that
laid
out
what
the
commander
believed
what
the
crew
could
expect
of.
The
commander,
what
the
commander
would
expect
of
the
crew
and
then
a
fourth
area
of
something
called
non-negotiables.
These
are
the
things
that,
as
your
senior
leader
I,
simply
will
not
tolerate.
E
This
is
a
great
way
to
spend
a
life,
and
you
people
in
this
community
made
that
so
for
me,
you
made
my
32
years
here,
as
chief
or
rather
in
the
fire
department.
Incredibly
rewarding
I
couldn't
think
of
working
in
a
different
place.
In
fact,
I
came
here
from
another
fire
department,
because
I
thought
so
much
of
this
community
before
I
was
actually
hired
on
to
the
department.
E
I
will
tell
you
that
in
the
last
almost
two
years
of
my
new
job,
I'm
still
asked
frequently
how
I,
like
the
new
job
and
my
standard
response,
but
it
is
very
hard
felt,
is
not
as
much
as
I
like
the
last
one
but
the
work
of
our
emergency
services,
our
police
department,
our
fire
department,
our
sheriff's
office,
our
office
of
emergency
management.
Our
emergency
communication
center
is
made
easier
when
we
do
it
with
the
kind
of
love
and
support
that
we
have
in
this
community
and
so
I.
E
Thank
you
all
for
that
very
very
much
one
other
thing
that
I
will
observe
about
Arlington.
That
makes
it
very
special
is
that
despite
our
size
and
when
you
look
at
us
in
the
context
of
the
National
Capital
Region,
we
can
easily
fall
in
the
shadow
of
a
Fairfax
County
or
a
Washington
DC,
but
this
community
punches
way
above
its
weight
way
above
its
weight.
We
have
influence
that
goes
far
beyond
our
size.
That's
certainly
been
true
in
public
safety
over
many
many
years,
people
remember
9/11.
E
What
they
may
not
remember
is
an
event
that
happened
back
in
actually
to
events
that
had
happened
back
in
1995,
the
Murrah
Building
bombing
in
Oklahoma
City
and
then
a
more
obscure
event
for
most
people
here
in
the
United
States,
and
that
was
a
terrorist
attack
on
the
Tokyo
subway,
where
the
Amish
and
Rieko
religious
cult
mixed
up
a
batch
of
chemical
warfare
agent
and
released
it
in
the
subway
on
a
rush
hour
morning.
The
batch
of
sarin
wasn't
done
very
well,
so
it
didn't
kill
a
lot
of
people
but
still
precious
lives.
E
The
combination
of
Oklahoma
City
and
the
Tokyo
subway
attack
got
us
to
thinking
about
terrorism
as
a
threat
here
in
our
community
and
Arlington
was
the
one
that
literally
took
the
task
of
writing
a
letter
to
the
President
of
the
United
States.
We
wrote
a
letter
to
President
Clinton.
That
said,
if
that
event
had
occurred
here,
the
Tokyo
event
had
occurred
here
in
the
subway
on
which
you
depend
to
move
your
work
force
on
a
daily
basis.
E
When
the
president
was
inaugurated,
part
of
that
team
was
underneath
the
platform
that's
built
out
over
the
e
steps
of
the
Capitol.
Our
job
was
to
go
out
and
rescue
the
people
that
were
on
that
platform.
When
the
president
went
to
a
joint
session
of
Congress,
the
State
of
the
Union
address,
we
were
in
a
conference
room
underneath
the
house
chamber
half
suited
up
in
protective
equipment
ready
to
go
up
a
very
narrow,
winding
stairway
into
the
house
chamber,
and
our
mission
was
to
save
the
legislative
leadership
of
the
United
States
Congress.
E
The
reliance
that
the
federal
government
had
on
local
government,
led
primarily
by
Arlington
County,
was
remarkable,
largely
because
you
people
supported
those
efforts.
You
know
we
had
we.
We
presented
ourselves
as
leaders
in
the
realm
of
public
safety,
but
we
did
it
knowing
that
you
stood
behind
us
today.
E
Arlington
County
stands
as
a
leader
in
a
domain.
That
may
not
mean
much
to
many
people
in
this
room,
but
as
you've
watched
the
terrorist
threats
that
we
have
faced
over
the
course
of
the
last
couple
of
years
and
I'm
speaking
about
Paris
and
Brussels
and
NYSE
and
Berlin,
something
that
we
call
complex
coordinated
attacks.
It
is
Arlington
County,
Fire
and
Police
Department's
that
have
pioneered
what
we
refer
to
as
warm
zone
medicine,
which
is
taking
care
of
wounded
people
before
the
threat
is
eliminated.
E
Fire
and
police
working
in
the
same
environment
to
get
in
and
get
the
wounded,
the
kind
of
care
that
they
need,
so
that
we
can
stop
the
dying
and
they
can
live
that
effort.
Just
like
that.
Effort
of
that
counterterrorism
team
that
counterterrorism
teams
effort
was
repeated
in
124
cities
across
the
United
States
and
today.
Hundreds
of
communities
are
copying
the
efforts
that
Arlington
pioneer
around
responds
to
these
kinds
of
threats,
so
we
are
a
unique
kind
of
community.
E
E
E
I
should
tell
you
that
the
city
of
New,
York,
Fire
Department
also
has
pentagon
stone,
and
so
in
two
places
there
are
the
steel
from
New
York
and
the
stone
from
the
Pentagon,
and
we
intend
here
Arlington
to
bring
these
artifacts
together
in
a
tribute
garden.
I
want
to
be
very
clear.
This
is
not
a
memorial.
The
memorial
to
the
9/11
experience
is
down
by
the
Pentagon
which,
by
the
way
as
history
buffs,
if
you
haven't,
visited
you're
doing
yourself
a
huge
disservice
because
it
is
a
powerful,
powerful
monument.
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A
powerful
memorial
I
would
just
make
this
observation
in
the
National
Capital
Region.
We
have
dozens,
if
not
hundreds,
of
memorials
and
monuments.
None
of
them
are
on
the
location
where
the
event
they
commemorate
took
place
except
the
9/11
memorial,
but
we
don't
want
to
build
another
memorial.
What
we
want
to
do
is
build
a
tribute
garden,
that
through
the
power
of
that
steel
and
that
stone
tell
the
story
of
brother
and
sisterhood
shared
between
Arlington
responders
and
New
York
responders
on
that
very
important
day
in
our
nation's
history.