good morning great to see everybody here this morning thank you very much for making the effort to come out today we've ordered some good weather for you i really appreciate you taking the effort to promote today on this very important sign my name is bob the national anthem fred i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which there is one nation under god indivisible liberty and justice for all and like to invite chaplain those who freely choose please join me in prayer round we pause to acknowledge that you are the god of life and we praise you soldiers sailors marines airmen and coast guardsmen throughout our nation's history have turned to you is there thank you for giving us the opportunity to live in challenging times the demand present with us in our day we look to you oh god as a nation and people who put their trust in you a nation under you hear our prayers and praises this day not as we ask in our weakness of people williams one recognized a senator will crowns berger chapman miner and members of our fire and police department it's an honor and privilege to be here today with you on this glorious really incredible saturday morning to pay tribute to the memory of those fallen heroes who have given their lives to preserve our way of life today is a day in which we must pause from our busy lives to reflect and remember from the american revolution to the wars in iraq afghanistan and of course our ongoing ploughboy war in terrorism millions of american men and women have made the ultimate sacrifice it is a debt we can truly never repay but we can and we w always on are their memory they must never ever be forgotten and ladies and gentleman we must always support the loved ones that they have left behind a matter that burden we have to bear we also must never forget those that remain missing in action or are prisoners of war as many have stated we are their voice so that they may never be forgotten we are also here today to honor the men and women they're currently serving our armed forces w continue to put yourselves in harm's way we humbly thank them for their service and we pray for their safe return to their loved ones ladies and gentleman i believe that those that have fall seek lori or to have trumpets blown or a gun salute they only want us to remember them and to thank them for the life that they gave to defend what we cherish above all else our freedom god bless this wonderful town of belmont and god bless the greatest country in the world the united states of america thank you thank you very much m that thank you mark wonderful comments and thoughts i just want to say that over one hundred thirty belmont residents have died in combat or in active duty three are missing in action and over two thousand veterans are interned in this cemetery quite shocking and staggering numbers for a small community like belmont sat numbers but we are here today to let those veterans who have performed the ultimate sacrifice know that we will never forget you and for those veterans that are in active duty or that are fortunate enough to still be around we thank you for all your service for our community and our nation thanks bob thank you very much mr back there he stated the town of belmont owners those who serve and those who have me the ultimate sacrifice there are approximately nine hundred veterans who nine hundred veterans who reside in belmont today there are approximately two thousand injured here at the beaumont cemetery in that highland medal we remember those who have served those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in their families and we will remember them let us never forget now i will read the names of those who gave so much civil war those who have died in on active duty or while serving in combat william benson louis marsh albert c frost charles arnold f cook robert dorothy frederick b fleming william gallagher chiles eat gates h thomas missing in action from vietnam the vietnam war john cliff chavez tear gas every  eastman david you holmes missing in action edward g leigh operation enduring freedom operation iraqi freedom