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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The fitness of our youth can be promoted by the determined and coordinated efforts of all our citizens”

On the recordApril 28, 1961
The fitness of our youth can be promoted by the determined and coordinated efforts of all our citizens
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 3410—National Youth Fitness Week, 1961

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