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6. The French aided us in our Revolution.

They also gave us the Statue of Liberty.

The gratitude is two way.

Perhaps we should also have an international Memorial Day for people everywhere who gave their lives to the cause of liberty and democracy. I'm thinking of British bomber pilots and the civilians who endured the bombings of London, resistance people in occupied countries, the people who died in concentration camps, the people who helped Jews, Poles, and political prisoners survive or avoid the camps, the people of South Africa who opposed apartheid - every place where people have taken a stand against fascism, communist authoritarianism, colonialism.

They are all heroes of human history.