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Eisenhower: “They were explorers and trappers and missionaries, traders, and farmers, and teachers, diggers of waterways and skilled…”

On the recordOctober 14, 1953
They were explorers and trappers and missionaries, traders, and farmers, and teachers, diggers of waterways and skilled operators of an industrial empire.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Cornerstone-Laying Ceremony for the Anthony Wayne Library of American Study, Defiance College, Defiance, Ohio

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