With many Beirut veterans and family members in attendance, the highlight of this groundbreaking ceremony was announcing the future construction of the Beirut Peacekeepers Memorial Tower. It will be a place to reflect on, learn about, and enjoy the freedom and sacrifice of others for generations to come.
"If we stay and achieve the freedom and stability that can only be achieved thru force (the people here are different; they don’t understand diplomacy, only force) and I die in the process, I feel that I would have died for a good reason. "