text: "I am honored to be in Normandy for the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion. 553 Illinois soldiers are buried in the Normandy American Cemetery we visited today, and we owe them our eternal gratitude for their service to our state and country. As President Reagan said: ""Strengthened by their courage, heartened by their valor, and borne by their memory, let us continue to stand for the ideals for which they lived and died."""