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On the recordMay 23, 1931
I am deeply interested to learn of the dedication at St. Paul's Church, Hoboken, on Sunday May 24th, of a World War Shrine commemorating Hoboken as the Port of Embarkation and Debarkation and the place where so many of our soldier dead lay under the flag upon their return from service abroad.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Message on the Dedication of a World War Shrine in Hoboken, New Jersey.

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