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On the recordJune 26, 1963
It is no coincidence that John Barry and a good many of his successors played such a leading part in the American struggle, not only for independence, but for its maintenance.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at Redmond Place in Wexford.

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