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WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF DISTRICT FIVE ON MANDARIN STREET.IT'S A, IT'S A ONE BLOCK AREA.
WE GAVE IT AN HONORIFIC TITLE IN HONOR OF LINCOLN BRENNAN WITH THE STREET IS NOW LINCOLN BRENNAN, WAY AWAY.
UH, WE DID THAT IN HONOR OF MR. LINCOLN BRENNAN.
HE IS A, A VETERAN, A WAR VETERAN.
UH, JUST HE'S, YOU KNOW, THAT GENERATION, AS WE KNOW, IS, IS THE, IS THE GREATEST GENERATION.
HE'S MORE THAN DESERVING OF, OF THIS, YOUR GENERATION OF COURAGE, SACRIFICE, AND UNWILLING COMMITMENT TO FREEDOM HELPED SHAPE THE COURSE OF OUR HISTORY AND SERVED AS LIBERTIES THAT WE CHERISH TODAY.
IT HAS BEEN A GOOD PILLAR TO THE COMMUNITY, A VERY DETERMINED, HARDWORKING PERSON, SALT OF THE EARTH TYPE OF GUY TO DO ANYTHING IN THE WORLD FOR YOU NOW.
THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND COMMENDS LINCOLN DAVID BRENNAN SR.
AND CELEBRATION OF HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY FOR A YOUNG BOY GOING SOMEPLACE YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
IT HAD TO BE DIFFICULT TO KNOW YOU WERE LEAVING YOUR FAMILY AND GOING A PLACE THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'D COME BACK OR NOT.
MY DUTY TO, TO HELP MY CLUTCHER, AND I GOT UP AND WENT, AND, UH, I'M PROUD OF WHAT I DO.
HE WAS THE LAST OF FOUR BROTHERS WANTED TO FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS.
HE TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE WAS ON GUANA CANAL, HE TALKS ABOUT WHEN HE WAS STATIONED UP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND WHEN THEY BOMBED GU A CANAL, HOW HE GOT BLOWN OUT OF HIS BUNK.
OH, IT, IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL FEEL ON THE, A WONDERFUL SIGHT SEEING ALL MY NEIGHBORS AND ALL MY FRIENDS AND ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS I BELONG TO, AND THANK OF THEM ALL.
AIN'T NO WAY TO SAY THAT HOW HAPPY I AM TO BE, YOU KNOW, HONORED AND RESPECTED.
I THANK YOU FOR, PROUD OF MY HEART FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING FOR ME.
WE ARE HERE TO THANK HIM FOR ALL HE IS DONE FOR OUR NATION AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND HIS WORDS WERE TO THANK US AND, AND THAT JUST TOLD ME WHO HE IS AND WHO HIS GENERATION IS.