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Herbert Hoover: “Though it will be impossible for me to be physically present, I shall share them in spirit, and shall, like you, feel…”

On the recordJune 21, 1929
Though it will be impossible for me to be physically present, I shall share them in spirit, and shall, like you, feel that this monument is dedicated not only to those heroic dead but also to the ideal that such sacrifice as theirs may not in future be required.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Message for the Dedication of the Orange, New Jersey, War Memorial.

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