There never was one like it in the history of the world.

Tonight we think of the birth of a Little Child in the City of David nineteen and a half centuries ago.

Ten years ago total war was no longer a threat but a tragic reality.

Freedom must be fought for today, just as our fathers had to fight for freedom when the Nation was born.

Today, May 8th, is the fifth anniversary of V-E Day.

Never before in the history of the world will you find that situation prevailing.

The Charter is the most comprehensive international economic agreement in history.

Production of war materials here is now the greatest in our history, but it is not yet enough.

Your annual Christmas service held at the foot of a living tree antedating the birth of Christ, is a dramatic and inspiring event of national interest.

We use today the trowel with which President Washington laid the cornerstone of the Capitol, 136 years ago.

History clearly asserts that at this early period the Republics of America made both conciliation and arbitration integral parts of their national policy.

Our citizens down there have been murdered in the past since 1913, a good many of them.

It is difficult to determine where or when the great movements in human progress had their original inception.

In Massachusetts the 19th of April is known as Patriots Day.

The battle of Gettysburg will probably always be regarded as the battle which did more than any other to determine the result of the great civil war in the United States.

Fellow-citizens, we can not escape history.