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Barack Obama: “German descendants have fundamentally and positively shaped the course of American history.”

On the recordOctober 5, 2011
German descendants have fundamentally and positively shaped the course of American history.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 8731—German-American Day

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