We and our predecessors have been willing to fight for the rights of people to be self-determinate, even fighting a war among ourselves to forge that path for all citizens.  Eight Score years ago on this very week the tide turned on a field in Pennsylvania and we have followed our destiny since.

Each of you, with those with whom you served formed an impregnable wall of freedom and liberty which we will always remember, always celebrate, always honor, and preserve through the recognition of the history and events which brought us to where we are today!

Fifty years have passed since the final American military forces left Vietnam and our remaining prisoners of war were returned. Even after the passage of five decades, we still owe these veterans a large debt of gratitude.

Naval Order is doing many things to keep a focus on history alive: monthly meetings, the Monthly History presentation, placement of historical markers and monuments, our History Day competitions, and just general dialogue that supports the remembrance of the events so important to our heritage.