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Ronald Reagan: “He dreamed America could be a great, prosperous, and peaceful nation, stretching from ocean to ocean.”

On the recordFebruary 21, 1982
He dreamed America could be a great, prosperous, and peaceful nation, stretching from ocean to ocean.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks at a Mount Vernon, Virginia, Ceremony Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington

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