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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The importance of youth fitness to the end that we may assure the continuing strength and well-being of our people”

On the recordApril 28, 1961
The importance of youth fitness to the end that we may assure the continuing strength and well-being of our people
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 3410—National Youth Fitness Week, 1961

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