PINANGUNAHAN ni Pangulong Bongbong Marcos ang paggunita ng ika-81 anibersayo ng Araw ng Kagitingan sa Mt. Samat sa Pilar, Bataan.
“We celebrate all the individual acts of valor and of sacrifice. We celebrate the Filipino spirit. We celebrate our countrymen’s deep, abiding love of every Filipino: love for our land, love for our people, and love for our freedom,” sabi ni Marcos sa kanyang talumpati.
Pinasalamatan ni Marcos ang mga bayaning nagbuwis ng buhay para ipagtanggol ang kalayaan ng bansa.
“What better example of that Filipino nobility of spirit could there be than what was once again demonstrated in the last worldwide crisis, where our men and women rose to the challenge of facing an unseen enemy–a new global challenge. Once again, Filipinos showed the world our purity of spirit and of compassion by willingly putting themselves in peril in the service of others,” dagdag ni Marcos.