The President’s Eulogy at Ft. Hood
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009President Obama’s words at Ft. Hood in honor of those who died in the recent massacre did what a eulogy is meant to do. His address, in the words of Plato, “extolled the dead and exhorted the living.”
(For the full speech and text, go here.)
I found his tribute to each of the dead — when he spoke each person’s name and in 45 to 55 words summed up their lives — particularly moving. “Their lives speak to the strength, the dignity and the decency of those who serve, and that is how they will be remembered.”
