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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “During the war between the Spartans and the Persians, and after 300 Spartans were wiped out at Thermopylae, they carved…”

On the recordOctober 3, 1960
During the war between the Spartans and the Persians, and after 300 Spartans were wiped out at Thermopylae, they carved a sign in the rock which said, 'Passerby, tell Sparta we fell faithful to her service.'
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Evansville, IN

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