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Herbert Hoover: “Valley Forge is our American synonym for the trial of human character through privation and suffering.”

On the recordMay 29, 1931
Valley Forge is our American synonym for the trial of human character through privation and suffering.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Memorial Day Address at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

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