| I told everyone how proud I was to have a Veterans Memorial in my state!! I also told them that a Veteran is an American Treasure but like so many things in our history the Vetean has been forgotten. |
| Everyone started laughing and cheering when I told them the story about putting a letter in Al Gore's and George W. Bush's hand that I had to laugh too!! I even got a standing ovation!! |
| After my speech, the Governor kept telling me how great he thought it was!!! |
| There were a few other speakers after me and then the Governor gave his Keynote Address. The very first thing he said surprised me and I would like to share it with you, word for word!! "Nikki, I'm sure glad they had a couple of my friends in the legislature speak between your very powerful and appropriate remarks and myself because following you would have been a real task. That is probably one of the finest salutes to Veterans that I have ever heard from anybody, of any age, at anytime." I was very proud!!! During the Governor's address, he told everyone that he was glad to be able to share the spotlight on this day and then he said, "No, I don't even share the spotlight today, because Nikki you've got it all." At the end of his address he said, "And I would ask my friend Nikki and everyone up here to come with me and let's plant a sign." We didn't actually break the gound, instead we planted a sign that says "Now Under Construction" |
