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I, Edwin Vogt, am solely responsibsle for both the composing and purchasing of a 100 pound bronze tablet upon which is inscribed a memorial poem dedicated to the victims and survivors of the Twin Towers tragedy. It is now my intention that it be presented to the Great City of New York as a personal gift. The tablet bears the Seal of the City and the name of the Mayor at the time of the writing of this composition: Michael R. Bloomberg

WHERE VALOR TOOK IT STAND

To all who tread this hallowed ground,
Who stand where braver souls once stood,
Let this eternal cry rebound:
That evil cannot conquer good.
One step we lost in freedom's stride,
Regained by New York's finest ones;
More tall than towers we shall rise
For we are all Americans.
No weapon formed by brutish hand
Nor plot designed to wreak our ruin,
Can under God's immortal skies
Destroy what we so nobly hewed.
For here, where valor took its stand,
And made us more the prouder yet,
No medal ever can be struck
Nor cause our hearts to not forget.

Edwin Vogt