A red glass heart containing small white bird shapes against a peach sky and reflective surface.

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Barack Obama

We gather here in memory of twenty beautiful children and six remarkable adults. They lost their lives in a school that could have been any school; in a quiet town full of good and decent people that could be any town in America.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

This is a memorial address for twenty children and six adults who died at a school. It stresses that the school and town could have been anywhere, so the loss belongs to the whole country. The tone is solemn, grieving and inclusive.

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