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PROPAGANDA FILM ANNOUNCER
War. Terrible war. Widows…
Orphans… A motherless child… This was the uprising that rocked our land.
13 Districts rebelled against the country
that fed them... loved them... protected them...
Brother turned on brother until nothing
remained.
And then came the peace… Hard fought…
Sorely won. A people rose up from the ashes. And a new era was
born.
But freedom has a cost... When the
traitors were defeated, we swore as a nation we would never know
this treason again...
And so it was decreed that each year, the
various districts of Panem would offer up in tribute one young
man and woman, to fight to the death in a pageant of honor, courage, and
sacrifice.
The lone victor, bathed in riches, would
serve as a reminder of our generosity and our forgiveness.
This is how we remember our past.
This is how we safeguard our future."