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Four
score and seven years ago
Our
forefathers brought forth on this continent
A new
born baby named Carmella Kay Valenti
Conceived in Liberty in Hillsvale, Pennsylvania
And
dedicated to the proposition that all her family
members were born and treated equal.
Now
we are engaged in a great celebration
Testing whether that family, that conceived Kay
And
so dedicated, can and has long endured
We
have met at a great event.
We have dedicated this
special day as a meeting place
And still taking time to remember those who
We
shared our lives with
In that our family and
traditions live on.
It is altogether fitting and
Proper that we should do this.
But
in a larger sense, we can look at each of our
own lives
And how we lived our journey through
life.
In how we struggled and triumphed and
consecrated it
Far above our power to change,
Add
or defract it.
The
world will little note, nor long remember
What
we say here, but it is a Kodak moment.
Yes a
moment in time.
It is
for us the living, rather to be dedicated here to the
unfinished ceremony
Which
we have long awaited, thus far so
Nobly
addresses.
It is
rather for us to be here dedicated
To
this great lady before us
That from
these
of which are family and friends.
That
we here highly resolve that these
Honored guests shall enjoy the celebration.
That
this family, under God. Shall have many
New
births under freedom
And that
the
tradition of our people, by the people,
And
for our people, shall not perish from the earth.
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