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General Colin Powell was remembered Friday as a patriotic statesman who served his country in peace and war, at a funeral service that was marked not only by its reverence for the former secretary of state but by a bipartisan attendance of former presidents and dignitaries who paid tribute to the late giant of Washington.
During today’s funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral, former colleagues, friends and family members remembered the life and legacy of the first Black secretary of state.
While much was made of his leadership and life of public service in tributes to Powell, friends and family shared personal anecdotes and mourned him as a family man and “a great lion with a big heart.”
“The example of Colin Powell does not call on us to emulate his resume, which is too formidable for mere mortals. It is to emulate his character and his example as a human being. We can strive to do that. We can choose to be good,” former FCC chair Michael Powell, Powell’s son, said in a moving tribute to his father.
“My father made a monumental difference. He lived, he lived well. I’ve heard it asked, ‘Are we still making his kind?’ I believe the answer to that question is up to us. To honor his legacy, I hope we do more than consign him to the history books. I hope we recommit ourselves to being a nation where we are still making his kind,” he said.
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