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HISTORIC REGIMENTAL TOAST
  
I PROPOSE A TOAST TO THE HARD BITTEN DRAGOONS WHO RODE WESTWARD FROM THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS SECURING THE FRONTIERS OF OUR ADVANCING CIVILIZATION,
AND WHO LED THE VICTORY MARCH INTO MEXICO CITY, THEN SECURING THE NEW TERRITORIES.
TO THE CAVALRYMAN WHO CHARGED WITH MCCLELLAN AND SHERIDAN IN THE BITTER FIGHTING BETWEEN THE STATES,
AND THEN TO WIN THE WEST FOR A GROWING NATION. THE CAVALRYMAN WHO FOUGHT IN CUBA, IN THE PHILLIPPINES, AND IN FRANCE DURING WORLD WAR ONE.
TO THE MECHANIZED CAVALRYMAN WHO PROVIDED THE SHARP POINT TO THE SPEAR THAT PATTON DROVE THROUGH THE HEART OF EUROPE.
AND TO THAT ARMORED CAVALRYMAN WHO GUARDED AN UNEASY PEACE ALONG THE FRONTIER OF THE FREE WORLD UNTIL, LIKE JERRICHO, THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN. TO THE TROOPERS FROM AMBERG,
AND TO THE TROOPERS WHO SPEARHEADED A 250 KILOMETER ATTACK INTO IRAQ, TWICE! TO THE TROOPERS FROM BOSNIA AND HAITI
AND TO THE TROOPERS FROM AFGHANISTAN!
YES, I PROPOSE A TOAST TO MANY MEN -
MANY MEN WHO ARE AS ONE. I PROPOSE A TOAST TO THAT DEDICATED FIGHTING PROFESSIONAL, THE TROOPER OF THE 2D UNITED STATES CAVALRY.
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