Today, one of President Kennedy's most enduring legacies can be found in the over 200,000 current and returned Peace Corps Volunteers who have collectively given over a half-century of service to the cause of peace.
Proclamation 8631—50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps
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It is a decision about how do we face and embrace this finite amount of time we have on the planet.
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