During his speech, Ivers said he knew, even while growing up in
Australia, that he wanted to become an American and serve in the
Marines.
"I'm an Australian by birth, an American by choice and a Marine by the grace of God," Ivers said, eliciting a few "hoo-rahs" from the crowd.
Standing in front of the memorial with the names of Larimer County men and women who have served in the military during wars, Ivers reminded the crowd of their sacrifices.
"When
I look at those names, I understand what they did ... but I don't know
them," Ivers said. "These are people. They lived and breathed, and they
had dreams and desires, and they gave it all up."
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I'm proud to be working with Brian to help draft Diggs Brown to run for Congress. (Brian is the Chairman of Draft Diggs.)
