SO DO I, RIGHT?
BUT WE’RE CLAPPING ANYWAY.
YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT.
THANK YOU.
AFTER THE WAR, THE PEOPLE OF
WILMINGTON ORGANIZED A MASSIVE
CAMPAIGN TO SAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL
SHIP FROM THE SCRAPYARD.
THEY PRESERVED IT AS A MEMORIAL
TO THE GALLANT DEEDS OF AMERICAN
SAILIERS.
A MONUMENT TO THE AMERICAN
WORKERS WHO BUILT IT, AND AN
ENDURING SYMBOL OF AMERICAN
GREATNESS, NOW MORE THAN 200,000
PEOPLE VISIT THE SITE EACH YEAR
TO LEARN THE HISTORY AND THE
HEROISM THAT DEFINES OUR NATION.
THIS AFTERNOON, MY
ADMINISTRATION IS FORMALLY
RECOGNIZING THE CITY’S
EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO
VICTORY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
IT IS MY TREMENDOUS HONOR TO
OFFICIALLY DESIGNATE WILMINGTON,
NORTH CAROLINA, AS OUR NATION’S
VERY FIRST WORLD WAR II HERITAGE
CITY.
THAT’S A BIG DEAL.
