    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1996, Book I)]
    [April 4, 1996]
    [Page 543]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Remarks Following a Memorial Service for Secretary of Commerce
    Ronald H. Brown
    April 4, 1996

        Ladies and gentlemen, we just had a very moving memorial service not
    only to grieve but to celebrate the life of Secretary Brown and the
    other employees of the National Government, our military people, and the
    business leaders who were on that mission. We thanked God for their
    lives, we prayed for their families, and we came together in our grief
    and rededication. And we pointed out that it was 28 years ago on this
    day that Martin Luther King was killed in Memphis, working for what he
    believed in.
        Today I spoke with the parents of one of the young women who died
    who worked for the Department of Commerce, who said they had spent their
    careers as schoolteachers, raising their daughter to believe that she
    could make a difference and that she ought to try. And they were very
    proud that she died doing what she believed in, trying to aid the peace
    in Bosnia.
        And so that is how we are trying to think about this very difficult
    thing on this beautiful spring day in Easter Week.
        Thank you very much.

    Note: The President spoke at 12:15 p.m. outside St. John's Church,
    Lafayette Square.