06/26/1984
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"Who can love this country more than the men and women who've been prisoners of a foreign power?"
"And so, in supporting Ford's Theatre, we're both helping to preserve a piece of our own history and to provide theater of the highest standards for the audiences today."
"We found them where we've always found them—on the farms, in the shops, in the offices and stores, on the streets, in the towns and cities of America."
"May Ford's first 125 years be followed by 125 to come."