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I invite the Bicentennial Commissions now formed or forming in each of the fifty States, along with Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and the Territories, to share in a special effort to ensure active and nationwide participation in the celebration of America's 200th birthday.

Context

Message to the Congress Transmitting the Report of the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission.

09/10/1970

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