06/09/1983
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"We're adding the names of Charles (Tex) Thornton, a man whose energy and enterprise are symbolic of America herself."
"Let me read the citation and present the medal to each recipient who will then, we hope, say a few words to us."
"I do hereby proclaim the week of October 18 through October 24, 1981, as National Forest Products Week."
"I'm going to sign the proclamation now, but as I sign it, I am commemorating not only the great navigator and explorer, Christopher Columbus, but those who centuries later followed him to the New Worl..."