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On the recordSeptember 26, 1962
I have too high a regard for this State to have the rain fall upon all of you, but I want you to know how much I appreciate your coming here tonight in a cold, rainy night.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at the Wheeling Stadium, Wheeling, West Virginia

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