The President's News Conference
03/03/1969
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IN 1976, we will mark the Bicentennial of the founding of the American Republic.
That dream included a city that was to be different from all others, even as the Nation itself was to be.
This is a matter of national concern, of national interest.
The past informs, but does not dictate our vision of the future.