President McKinley's Antietam Speech in 1900-- Part 4: "The Valor of Both Is the Common Heritage of Us All"

"The valor of the one or the other, the valor of both, is the common heritage of us all.  The achievements of that war, every one of them, are just as much the inheritance of those who failed as those who prevailed; and when we went to war two years ago (the Spanish-American War) the men of the South and the men of the North vied with each other in showing their devotion to the United States.

"The followers of the Confederate generals with the followers of Union of the Federal generals fought side by side in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and in the Philippines, and together in those far off islands are standing today fighting and dying for the flag that represents more than any other banner on the world the best hopes and aspirations for mankind."

President William McKinley

Again, Too Sad This Can't Be the Way Today.  --Old Secesh