Every day that we waited was another day when millions of Americans were left unprotected.

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The famous poem by Lawrence Binyon, For The Fallen (They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old), which is heard every Remembrance Day, was set to music by Elgar in his The Spirit Of England.

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He added that, although there were still tickets left "we hope to sell out on the day" and reach the event's 50, 000 capacity.

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