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On the recordJune 7, 1963
Reaching into the Pacific, yet part of the United States, this island represents all that we are and all that we hope to be.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks Upon Arrival at Honolulu International Airport

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