1 00:00:00,340 --> 00:00:03,530 Donald J . Trump and the first lady , 2 00:00:03,540 --> 00:00:04,550 Melania Trump . 3 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:56,640 Tony , 4 00:04:18,340 --> 00:04:22,300 Thank you . I stand before you at this 5 00:04:22,310 --> 00:04:25,220 noble fortress of American liberty to 6 00:04:25,220 --> 00:04:27,331 pay tribute to the immortal souls who 7 00:04:27,331 --> 00:04:29,490 fought and died to keep us free . 8 00:04:30,340 --> 00:04:32,600 Earlier today , the first lady and I 9 00:04:32,970 --> 00:04:36,030 laid a wreath in their sacred honor at 10 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,180 Arlington National Cemetery . Now we 11 00:04:39,180 --> 00:04:42,420 come together to salute the flag . They 12 00:04:42,420 --> 00:04:45,960 gave their lives to so boldly and 13 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:49,090 brilliantly defend , and we pledge in 14 00:04:49,090 --> 00:04:51,460 their cherished memories that this 15 00:04:51,460 --> 00:04:55,050 majestic flag will proudly fly forever . 16 00:04:56,140 --> 00:04:59,310 We're joined for today's ceremony by 17 00:04:59,310 --> 00:05:02,250 Secretary of Defense Mark Esper , 18 00:05:02,890 --> 00:05:06,200 Secretary of the Interior David Byrne 19 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,170 hard the chairman of the Joint Chiefs 20 00:05:09,170 --> 00:05:12,000 of Staff , General Mark Milley , 21 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:15,820 Congressman Andy Harris and the number 22 00:05:15,820 --> 00:05:18,870 of service members and veterans of the 23 00:05:18,870 --> 00:05:22,440 armed forces . The dignity , Gehring 24 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,400 and devotion of the American military 25 00:05:25,810 --> 00:05:29,110 is unrivaled anywhere in history and 26 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:32,010 any place in the world . In recent 27 00:05:32,010 --> 00:05:34,450 months , our nation and the world have 28 00:05:34,450 --> 00:05:36,550 been engaged in a new form of battle 29 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,730 against an invisible enemy . Once more , 30 00:05:40,730 --> 00:05:42,897 the men and women of the United States 31 00:05:42,897 --> 00:05:45,120 military have answered the call to duty 32 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,390 and raced into danger . Tens of 33 00:05:48,390 --> 00:05:50,350 thousands of service members and 34 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,320 National Guardsmen are on the front 35 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,800 lines of our war against this terrible 36 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,710 virus , caring for patients , 37 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,500 delivering critical supplies and 38 00:06:01,500 --> 00:06:04,280 working night and day to safeguard our 39 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:07,860 citizens . As one nation , we mourn 40 00:06:07,860 --> 00:06:10,310 alongside every single family that has 41 00:06:10,310 --> 00:06:13,260 lost love ones , including the families 42 00:06:13,270 --> 00:06:16,250 of our great veterans . 43 00:06:17,030 --> 00:06:19,750 Together we will vanquish the virus 44 00:06:20,170 --> 00:06:22,470 that America will rise from this crisis 45 00:06:22,470 --> 00:06:26,220 to new and even greater heights . As 46 00:06:26,220 --> 00:06:28,650 our brave warriors have shown us from 47 00:06:29,110 --> 00:06:31,970 the nation's earliest days in America , 48 00:06:31,970 --> 00:06:34,450 we are the captains of our own fate . 49 00:06:35,340 --> 00:06:38,550 No obstacle , no challenge . And no 50 00:06:38,550 --> 00:06:40,560 threat is a match for the sheer 51 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,050 determination of the American people . 52 00:06:43,670 --> 00:06:46,480 This towering spirit permeates every 53 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:49,850 inch of the Holup soil beneath our feet 54 00:06:50,950 --> 00:06:53,610 in this place . More than 200 years ago , 55 00:06:53,940 --> 00:06:56,050 American patriots stood their ground 56 00:06:56,550 --> 00:06:59,510 and repelled a British invasion in the 57 00:06:59,510 --> 00:07:02,310 Battle of Baltimore during the War of 58 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:06,110 18 12 early on a September morning in 59 00:07:06,110 --> 00:07:09,850 18 14 the British fleet launched an 60 00:07:09,850 --> 00:07:13,260 assault on this peninsula from the 61 00:07:13,260 --> 00:07:15,380 harbor . Some 30 British warships 62 00:07:15,380 --> 00:07:18,670 attack this stronghold . Rockets rained 63 00:07:18,670 --> 00:07:21,910 down , bombs burst in the air , and the 64 00:07:21,910 --> 00:07:25,140 deck of one ship , a gallant young 65 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,850 American , was held captive . 66 00:07:29,340 --> 00:07:32,640 His name was Francis Scott 67 00:07:32,830 --> 00:07:36,750 Key . For 25 hours , Key watched 68 00:07:36,750 --> 00:07:39,800 in dismay as fire a crash down upon 69 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,450 this ground . But through torrents of 70 00:07:42,450 --> 00:07:44,650 rain and smoke and the din of battle , 71 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,560 he could make out 15 broad stripes 72 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,550 and 15 bright stars , barraged and 73 00:07:52,550 --> 00:07:55,910 battered but still there . American 74 00:07:55,910 --> 00:07:58,890 forces did not waver . They did not 75 00:07:58,890 --> 00:08:02,050 retreat . They stared down the invasion 76 00:08:02,950 --> 00:08:06,850 and the held that they had to 77 00:08:06,850 --> 00:08:10,110 endure . The fact is , they held like 78 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:13,080 nobody could have held before they held 79 00:08:13,110 --> 00:08:16,650 this Ford . The British retreated . 80 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:20,500 Independence were saved . Francis Scott 81 00:08:20,510 --> 00:08:22,970 Key was so inspired by the sight of our 82 00:08:22,970 --> 00:08:26,790 flag in the battle wage that thievery 83 00:08:26,790 --> 00:08:30,400 grounds that he fought on became how 84 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,600 old and he wrote a poem . His ageless 85 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,780 words became the anthem of our nation , 86 00:08:37,340 --> 00:08:41,000 The Star Spangled Banner . Every 87 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,690 time we sing our anthem , every time 88 00:08:43,690 --> 00:08:45,830 it's rousing , car swells our hearts 89 00:08:45,830 --> 00:08:49,030 with pride , we renew the eternal bonds 90 00:08:49,030 --> 00:08:52,520 of loyalty to our fallen heroes . We 91 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:54,800 think of the soldiers who spend their 92 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,420 final heroic moments on distant 93 00:08:57,420 --> 00:09:00,150 battlefields to keep us safe at home . 94 00:09:00,890 --> 00:09:02,980 We remember the young Americans who 95 00:09:02,980 --> 00:09:05,710 never got the chance to grow old but 96 00:09:05,710 --> 00:09:08,950 whose legacy will outlive us all 97 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:12,150 in every generation . These intrepid 98 00:09:12,150 --> 00:09:15,680 souls kissed goodbye to their families 99 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:18,030 and loved ones . They took flight in 100 00:09:18,030 --> 00:09:20,590 planes , set sail on ships and marched 101 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:24,050 into battle with our flag , fighting 102 00:09:24,060 --> 00:09:27,860 for our country , defending our 103 00:09:27,870 --> 00:09:31,370 people . When the cause of liberty was 104 00:09:31,380 --> 00:09:33,602 in jeopardy , American warriors carried 105 00:09:33,602 --> 00:09:36,380 that flag through ice and snow to 106 00:09:36,380 --> 00:09:39,590 victory a Trenton . They hoisted it up 107 00:09:39,590 --> 00:09:42,310 the mass of great battleships in Manila 108 00:09:42,310 --> 00:09:45,740 Bay . They fought through hell to raise 109 00:09:45,740 --> 00:09:49,230 it high atop a remote island in the 110 00:09:49,230 --> 00:09:52,350 Pacific Ocean called Iwo Jima . 111 00:09:53,140 --> 00:09:56,250 From the Philippine Sea to Fallujah , 112 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,470 from New Orleans to Normandy from 113 00:09:59,470 --> 00:10:03,080 Saratoga to sigh pan from the Battle of 114 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:05,450 Baltimore to the Battle of the Bulge , 115 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,590 Americans gave their lives to carry 116 00:10:08,590 --> 00:10:11,150 that flag through piercing waves , 117 00:10:11,810 --> 00:10:14,680 blazing fires , sweltering deserts and 118 00:10:14,680 --> 00:10:18,490 storms of bullets and shrapnel . They 119 00:10:18,490 --> 00:10:22,100 climbed atop enemy tanks , jumped out 120 00:10:22,100 --> 00:10:25,930 of burning airplanes and leapt on live 121 00:10:25,940 --> 00:10:29,500 grenades . Their love was boundless . 122 00:10:29,910 --> 00:10:32,450 Their devotion was without limit . 123 00:10:33,140 --> 00:10:36,180 Their courage was beyond measure . Army 124 00:10:36,180 --> 00:10:40,000 Green Beret captain Daniel Agger's grew 125 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,240 up in Cape Coral , Florida , determined 126 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:45,040 to continue his family tradition of 127 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,151 military service , and it was a great 128 00:10:47,151 --> 00:10:50,010 tradition he attended the legendary 129 00:10:50,010 --> 00:10:52,080 Citadel Military College in South 130 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,230 Carolina . Soon he met a beautiful 131 00:10:55,230 --> 00:10:58,220 cadet , Rebecca . They fell in love , 132 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:01,270 married and had two sons . In 133 00:11:01,270 --> 00:11:04,450 2004 Daniel left for his second 134 00:11:04,450 --> 00:11:07,030 deployment in Afghanistan . On the 135 00:11:07,030 --> 00:11:09,610 morning of May 29th Daniel and his team 136 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,280 were courageously pursuing a group of 137 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:15,070 deadly terrorists when he was killed by 138 00:11:15,070 --> 00:11:18,420 an improvised explosive device . 139 00:11:19,610 --> 00:11:22,100 This week is the 16th anniversary of 140 00:11:22,100 --> 00:11:24,770 the day that Daniel made the supreme 141 00:11:24,770 --> 00:11:27,860 sacrifice for our nation . He laid down 142 00:11:27,860 --> 00:11:31,560 his life to defeat evil and to 143 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:35,340 save his fellow citizens . At the time 144 00:11:35,340 --> 00:11:37,220 of his death , Daniel Sons 145 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:39,960 1,000,000,000 John were three and five 146 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:43,430 years old . Today , they have followed 147 00:11:43,430 --> 00:11:46,360 in Daniel's footsteps , both students 148 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:49,220 at the Citadel planning to serve in the 149 00:11:49,220 --> 00:11:51,360 military . They're amazing . Mom . 150 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:54,650 Rebecca has now served more than 23 151 00:11:54,650 --> 00:11:57,660 years in the US Army . Everywhere she 152 00:11:57,660 --> 00:12:00,770 goes , she wears Daniels gold star pin 153 00:12:01,300 --> 00:12:04,370 on the lapel of her uniform . Colonel 154 00:12:04,370 --> 00:12:06,830 Rebecca Eggers and her two sons are 155 00:12:06,830 --> 00:12:09,350 here today , along with Daniel's father , 156 00:12:09,350 --> 00:12:13,190 Bill and Mother Margot to the 157 00:12:13,190 --> 00:12:15,820 entire Eggers family . Your sacrifices 158 00:12:15,820 --> 00:12:17,931 beyond our ability to comprehend , to 159 00:12:17,931 --> 00:12:21,150 repay . Today we honor Daniels 160 00:12:21,150 --> 00:12:23,470 incredible life and exceptional valor . 161 00:12:23,980 --> 00:12:25,800 And we promise you that we will 162 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:29,160 treasure his blessed memory forever . 163 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,496 Thank you very much for being here . 164 00:12:32,496 --> 00:12:34,551 Thank you very much , please . Thank 165 00:12:34,551 --> 00:12:37,450 you . Thank you . 166 00:12:39,730 --> 00:12:41,786 Great family . Thank you very much . 167 00:12:42,970 --> 00:12:45,026 Every Gold Star family here today in 168 00:12:45,026 --> 00:12:47,830 all across our land , our debt to you 169 00:12:47,830 --> 00:12:50,860 is infinite and everlasting . We stand 170 00:12:50,860 --> 00:12:53,800 with you today in all days to come , 171 00:12:54,170 --> 00:12:56,337 remembering and grieving for America's 172 00:12:56,337 --> 00:12:59,550 greatest heroes in spirit and strength 173 00:12:59,550 --> 00:13:01,880 and loyalty and love in character and 174 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,580 courage . They were larger than life 175 00:13:04,580 --> 00:13:07,840 itself . They were angels sent from 176 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:11,040 above . And they are now rejoined with 177 00:13:11,050 --> 00:13:13,272 God in the glorious kingdom of Heaven , 178 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:17,420 wherever the stars and stripes fly at 179 00:13:17,420 --> 00:13:19,870 our schools , our churches , town halls , 180 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:23,430 firehouses and national monuments . It 181 00:13:23,430 --> 00:13:25,600 has made possible because there are 182 00:13:25,610 --> 00:13:27,832 extraordinary Americans who are willing 183 00:13:27,832 --> 00:13:31,100 to brave death so that we can live in 184 00:13:31,100 --> 00:13:34,830 freedom and live in peace . In the two 185 00:13:34,830 --> 00:13:38,300 centuries since Francis Scott Key wrote 186 00:13:38,300 --> 00:13:41,330 about the stirring sight of our flag in 187 00:13:41,330 --> 00:13:43,870 battle , countless other American 188 00:13:43,870 --> 00:13:46,530 patriots have given their own testimony 189 00:13:46,910 --> 00:13:49,830 about the meaning of the flag . One was 190 00:13:49,830 --> 00:13:52,930 World War two veteran Jim Krebs from 191 00:13:52,930 --> 00:13:56,540 Sunbury , Ohio . Jim and his twin 192 00:13:56,540 --> 00:13:58,830 brother , Jack , fought side by side in 193 00:13:58,830 --> 00:14:01,750 General Patton's third Army . At the 194 00:14:01,750 --> 00:14:03,780 Battle of the Bulge , the twins 195 00:14:03,780 --> 00:14:05,980 volunteered for a dangerous mission . 196 00:14:06,550 --> 00:14:08,600 Together , they took out four enemy 197 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,930 tanks , two machine gun nests at a 198 00:14:11,930 --> 00:14:15,090 mother position that was very powerful , 199 00:14:15,090 --> 00:14:18,050 loaded up with mortars . Jim's brother , 200 00:14:18,050 --> 00:14:21,080 Jack , was mortally wounded . Jim held 201 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:22,913 his dying brother and his arms , 202 00:14:22,913 --> 00:14:25,500 praying together as his twin passed 203 00:14:25,500 --> 00:14:29,350 away Jim 42 victory and came home to 204 00:14:29,350 --> 00:14:32,440 build a great American life . He 205 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:35,330 married , had Children , became an 206 00:14:35,330 --> 00:14:37,850 electoral engineer and taught young 207 00:14:37,850 --> 00:14:41,270 people about war . As an old man , Jim 208 00:14:41,270 --> 00:14:43,670 was asked , what about the American 209 00:14:43,670 --> 00:14:46,880 flag and what it meant to him , Jim 210 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:50,350 said . The flag to me is as 211 00:14:50,350 --> 00:14:53,010 precious as the freedom that the flag 212 00:14:53,020 --> 00:14:56,680 stands for . It's as precious to me as 213 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,130 the thousands of lives that have been 214 00:14:59,130 --> 00:15:02,650 lost defending her . It's that 215 00:15:02,650 --> 00:15:05,720 important to me . It gave me a value of 216 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:08,930 life that I could have never gotten any 217 00:15:08,930 --> 00:15:11,230 other way . It gave me a value of my 218 00:15:11,230 --> 00:15:13,500 lord , my family , my friends , loved 219 00:15:13,500 --> 00:15:16,550 ones and especially my country . What 220 00:15:16,550 --> 00:15:20,370 more could I ask ? Last month , Jim 221 00:15:20,370 --> 00:15:24,010 died peacefully at his home at the age 222 00:15:24,020 --> 00:15:27,140 of 94 . The sad this afternoon were 223 00:15:27,140 --> 00:15:29,140 greatly honored to be joined by his 224 00:15:29,140 --> 00:15:31,800 grandson's . Andy and Ron , 225 00:15:32,940 --> 00:15:35,200 please , thank you very much , thank 226 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:38,810 you very much . Thank you very much for 227 00:15:38,820 --> 00:15:42,300 being here today as we remember the 228 00:15:42,300 --> 00:15:44,780 sacrifice of Jim's brother Jack . We 229 00:15:44,780 --> 00:15:47,280 honor Jim Service and we're moved by 230 00:15:47,290 --> 00:15:49,640 his beautiful words . India and Ron , 231 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:52,380 Thank you for being here to remember 232 00:15:52,380 --> 00:15:55,050 your grandfather and his brother and 233 00:15:55,050 --> 00:15:58,100 what they did for us all and most 234 00:15:58,100 --> 00:16:00,830 importantly , what they stood for from 235 00:16:00,830 --> 00:16:03,290 generation to generation . Heroes like 236 00:16:03,300 --> 00:16:05,411 these have poured out their blood and 237 00:16:05,411 --> 00:16:07,244 sweat and hard and tears for our 238 00:16:07,244 --> 00:16:09,890 country because of them . America is 239 00:16:09,890 --> 00:16:12,500 strong and safe and mighty and free 240 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:16,260 because of them . Two centuries on , 241 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:19,760 the Star Spangled Banner still 242 00:16:19,810 --> 00:16:22,990 proudly waves for Aziz . Long as our 243 00:16:22,990 --> 00:16:26,160 flag flies in the sky above . The names 244 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,327 of these fallen warriors will be woven 245 00:16:28,327 --> 00:16:31,570 into its threads for a long as we have 246 00:16:31,570 --> 00:16:33,510 citizens willing to follow their 247 00:16:33,510 --> 00:16:36,850 example to carry on their burden to 248 00:16:36,850 --> 00:16:39,670 continue their legacy than America's 249 00:16:39,670 --> 00:16:42,370 cause will never fail . An American 250 00:16:42,370 --> 00:16:45,940 freedom will never , ever die . Today 251 00:16:45,940 --> 00:16:48,920 we honor the heroes we have lost . We 252 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:51,450 pray for the loved ones they left 253 00:16:51,460 --> 00:16:54,510 behind . And with God is our witness . 254 00:16:54,510 --> 00:16:57,110 We solemnly vowed to protect , preserve 255 00:16:57,110 --> 00:17:00,310 and cherish this land They gave their 256 00:17:00,310 --> 00:17:03,960 last breath to defend and to 257 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,490 defend so proudly . Thank you . 258 00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:10,880 God bless our military . God bless the 259 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,580 memory of the fallen . God bless our 260 00:17:13,580 --> 00:17:16,860 gold star families and God bless 261 00:17:17,060 --> 00:17:19,260 America . Thank you very much .