And to Clayton–
Thank you for reminding us of the necessity to do what we can to protect the sacred institution of marriage from the machinations of the gay and leftist activists. This is a truly worthy cause, and we appreciate you support. – rg

But the display at the WWII Memorial only uses 38 words out of the 521 words in the whole address, so a lot of words were left out.

But they did leave in “…the American people in their righteous might…”

So everybody just take a breath and calm down. And let’s get back to protecting marriage from those gay people.

What Mrs. Happy Housewife is correctly pointing out is, the quote placed on the Monument… “Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy…No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.” does not include “so help us God”.

[That quote occurred 3 paragraphs later.]

I believe I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost, but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again.

Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.

“With confidence in our armed forces – with the unbounding determination of our people – we will gain the inevitable triumph – so help us God.”

Inside the Beltway

Originally published 11:28 p.m., June 3, 2004, updated 12:00 a.m., June 4, 2004

Bob McEwan paid a visit to the new World War II Memorial in Washington this week and “got an unexpected history lesson.”

“Since I’m a baby boomer, I was one of the youngest in the crowd,” Mr. McEwan tells Inside the Beltway. “Most were the age of my parents, veterans of ‘the greatest war.’ It was a beautiful day, and people were smiling and happy to be there. Hundreds of us milled around the memorial, reading the inspiring words of Ike and Truman that are engraved there.”

Mr. McEwan made his way around to the memorial’s “Pacific” section, where a group had gathered to read the determined words of President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he announced the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor: “Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked.”

One woman, says Mr. McEwan, read the words aloud: “With confidence in our armed forces — with the unbounding determination of our people — we will gain the inevitable triumph.”

Suddenly, the woman became visibly angry: “Wait a minute,” she told her husband. “They left out the end of the quote. They left out the most important part. Roosevelt said — ’so help us God.’… I know I’m right. I remember the speech.”

The couple shook their heads and walked away.

As Mr. McEwan puts it, “The people who edited out that part of the speech when they engraved it on the memorial could have fooled me. I was born after the war. But they couldn’t fool the people who were there. Roosevelt’s words are engraved on their hearts.”

Those exact words were: “With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounded determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph — so help us God.”