06/10/1985
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"And today millions are grateful that you did."
"You know, when this good old house was built our country was little more than a band of towns, a very thin band, running along the eastern seaboard—people clinging to the edge of a vast and untamed co..."
"Yet they worked long and hard, following their dreams, and succeeded in bringing music, drama, and laughter into our lives."
"We launched a major initiative in 1982 to nurture an appreciation of ties between us to enhance German-American contacts at all levels."