Speaker Ryan: Remarks honoring the fallen at the Rochester, WI Memorial Day service
CONTACT AshLee Strong, Doug Andres 202-225-0600 ROCHESTER, WI—House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) spoke today at the 152nd Memorial Day Service in Rochester, Wisconsin. His remarks, as prepared, are below: “This, to me, is small-town tradition—small-town patriotism—at its finest. “Think about how, before this—before a local telegrapher organized a small ceremony to honor his younger brother, who died for the Union—this really hadn’t been done before in America. “Think about how, before America—before our Founders conceived a government by the people, based on a vision of liberty and justice for all—that idea had never been tried before in the world. “It