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On the recordOctober 22, 1954
As I drove on this battlefield just now, it occurred to me, what a spot in which to remind ourselves how much we all want peace.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Remarks at the Pennsylvania Monument, Gettysburg National Military Park

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