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Barack Obama: On Bill of Rights Day, we celebrate this proud legacy and resolve to pass to our children an America worthy of our…

On the recordDecember 7, 2011
On Bill of Rights Day, we celebrate this proud legacy and resolve to pass to our children an America worthy of our Founders' vision.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Proclamation 8766—Bill of Rights Day

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