President Trump: Here in the shadows of monuments to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, honoring the British King might seem an ironic beginning to our celebration of two hundred and fifty years of American Independence, but in fact, no tribute could be more appropriate. Long before Americans had a nation or a constitution, we first had a culture, a character, and a creed. Before we ever proclaimed our independence, Americans carried within us the rarest of gifts. Moral courage, and it came from a small but mighty kingdom from across the sea. For nearly two centuries before the revolution, this land was settled and forged by men, women, who bore in their souls the blood and noble spirit of the British. Here on a wild and untamed continent, they set loose the ancient English love of liberty and the great; Britain's distinctive sense of glory destiny and pride. And that's what it is. Glory, Destiny, and Pride. The American Patriots who pledged their lives to independence in 1776 were the heirs to this majestic inheritance, their veins ran with Anglo-Saxon courage, their hearts beat with an English faith, and standing firm for what is right, good, and true. In recent years, we've often heard it said that America is merely an idea. But the cause of freedom did not simply appear as an intellectual invention of 1776, the American founding was the culmination of hundreds of years of thought, struggle, sweat, blood, and sacrifice, on both sides of the Atlantic. They drew a long arc from the meadow at Runnymede , to the streets of Philadelphia, that ran through the lives of people born and bred on the British code than no man should be denied either justice or right.

President Trump: If they could see us today, our ancestors would surely be filled with awe and pride that the Angle-American Revolution in human freedom was never, ever extinguished, but carried forward across centuries, across oceans, and across history, until it became a fire that lit the entire world. So today we look back on two hundred and fifty years. Let us remember what has made our countries the two most exceptional nations the world has ever known. And together, let us go forward with even stronger resolve to carry on our sacred devotion to liberty,and to the traditions of excellence that have been our shared gift of all mankind. Your Majesties, thank you once again for making this important visit. We are so honored. May God Forever Bless The United Kingdom, Great Britain, and Northern Ireland, and May Gold Bless The United States of America.