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Freedom. We tend to think of religious freedom is a basic fundamental principle of our democracy and when we take very much for granted. The countrys history as steve recounts in his fascinating history was filled with examples of religious persecution. Steve recalled stories of the anglican ministers brutalizing baptist ministers are out of time of the revolution, the american revolution. And later catholics being barred from Holding Office and the banning of the native american spiritual practices tends to exterminate mormons and much more. All of which underscores despite the first amendmen...

They stand for coming out here on this lovely saturday evening. We are very pleased to have steve waldon to talk about his new book. Sacred liberty. It is about religious freedom and what steve calls in the subtitle, americas long, bloodied and ongoing struggle for that freedom. These days we tend to think of a religious freedom as a basic fundamental principle of our democracy and one we take very much for granted. But our countrys history as they recount in a fascinating history is filled with examples of religious prosecution. In just the opening pages of his book, he recall stories of mini...

Going. Thanks. [ applause ] thank you. We go live to the Muslim Society in sterling, virginia to hear remarks from lynch this morning. The increase in hate crimes against muslims. Please welcome the honorable lore t Loretta Lynch. [ applause ] i will now introduce the boy scouts and girl scouts with the pledge lead by and then i will come back and introduce. You alone we ask for help. Guide us to those that have pleased and earn the displeasure. Its an honor to be here and a muslim and College Student and adventure scout and leader of the boy scouts of america, i wear the head scarf the way th...

Made even more glorious by all of you being here. We are making history today. Ladies and gentlemen, honored dignitaries, long time friends and family members and, of course, our very special guest the men and women who sacrifice on the battlefield is an eternal reminder of their service to our nation, we welcome you with the deepest of gratitude and thank you for joining us for this mow men to us occasion. The dedication of the American Veterans disabled for life memorial. At long last we have arrived 16 years of hard work and dedication summed up just now in our fiveminute film vision to rea...

Chairman of disabled veterans life memorial. Thank you. Cofounder and president , arthur wilson. Secretary dennis joyner. Treasurer gene murphy. Mrs. Diane mussleman. Roberto bobby barea. We owe all of them a deep debt of gratitude. Another round of applause for all of their hard work. Thank you for your work. And sadly, there are three men who made enormous contributions to the memorial who did not live to celebrate this special day. The honorable jesse brown, former secretary of Veterans Affairs and cofounder of the memorial. And Board Members, the honorable gordon mansfield, former acting s...