Bill Clinton: “With great pleasure and humility, I now offer a full pardon to…”

On the recordFebruary 18, 1999

With great pleasure and humility, I now offer a full pardon to Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper of the United States Army.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on the Posthumous Pardon of Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper

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