MORNING. JULIE OKAY, THANKS, BELLE. WELL, DESPITE THE DOWNPOUR EARLIER, THE REDEDICATION CELEBRATION AT MEMORIAL PARK WENT ON. IT COMMEMORATES THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PARK DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR TWO. NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S ABBIE PETERSEN WAS THERE AND SHE JOINS US IN THE NEWSROOM. IT WAS A EXTREMELY WET, BUT TOTAL CELEBRATION THAT BROUGHT OUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, VETERANS, LOCAL AND STATE LEADERS AND FAMILIES WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES OVERSEAS. OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE 75 YEARS? THAT’S HOW LONG MEMORIAL PARK HAS REMINDED PEOPLE FROM THE METRO AND ALL OVER THAT FREEDOM IS NOT FREE. MEMORIAL PARK IS A PLACE TO REMEMBER WAR AND THE SACRIFICES MADE FOR OUR FREEDOM TO GRIEVE FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WE HAVE LOST TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY TODAY, AND TO CELEBRATE PATRIOTISM IN A DOWNPOUR WASN’T GOING TO STOP THAT. RAINDROPS POUNDED THE PAVEMENT AND A RECREATION OF THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. BUT PEOPLE STAYED, ACKNOWLEDGING THOSE WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR OUR FREEDOM. THEIR SACRIFICE MUST NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. ALONG WITH OMAHA MAYOR JEAN STOTHERT, GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN SPOKE. HE SAID HE HOPES THAT EVERY TIME PEOPLE DRIVE BY THE PARK, THEY’RE INSPIRED BY THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US FOR OUR TO GIVE US THE LIFE AND LIBERTY AND FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY. WE CARRY EXTRAORDINARY, EXTRAORDINARY RESPONSIBILITIES TO DO MORE THAN WE EVER THINK THAT WE COULD. OMAHA CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT PETE FESTERSEN, WHO SERVES THE AREA OF THE MEMORIAL, SAYS HE KNOWS THE PARK WILL BE CHERISHED FOR THE NEXT 75 YEARS AND BEYOND. ON THE OCCASION OF THIS REDEDICATION, I KNOW THAT WE’RE DEDICATED TO MAINTAINING THIS PARK WELL TO THE FUTURE IN A WAY THAT’S WORTHY OF OUR VETERANS AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. IN OMAHA, THE HOME OF THE LIBRARY, DAVE ABBI