On the recordAugust 16, 1929
You have demonstrated yourselves good hosts and good neighbors with that fine courtesy for which Virginia is known to the whole Nation.
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presidency.ucsb.eduYou have demonstrated yourselves good hosts and good neighbors with that fine courtesy for which Virginia is known to the whole Nation.
Remarks to the People of Madison County, Virginia, at the Celebration of 'Hoover Day in Madison.'
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