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On the recordAugust 18, 1963
I think this is a project very valuable and very important and the more this country entertains foreign visitors, and they all come to see what this free society is, the more important it is that we have this Center finished.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks Upon Signing Bill To Amend the National Cultural Center Act

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