Question

What is the claim:

Answer 1

It is fitting that San Antonio should be the site of this center and this school as we gather to dedicate this complex of buildings. this is beacuse of the word should.

Answer 2

The claim is that San Antonio should be the site of the center and the school as people gather to dedicate the complex of buildings.  The key word here is the modal should, used to introduce the claim and piece of advice. What is more, the writer has also chosen cleft sentences, which are marked syntactic construction, to focus on a particular part of the sentences and to emphasise what he is saying, his claim.

The cleft constructions introduced are the following ones: "It was here that Charles Llindbergh and Claire Chennault, and a host of others, who in World War I (...)" and also "it was here that Sidney Brooks, whose memory we honor today (...)".

Furthermore, the information included in the passage is also of paramount importance because it mentiones people who are really important in the aviation world. Consequently, the reasons why the writer believes that San Antonio should be the site of the center and the school are clearly explained.