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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Coming as I do from the oldest major city in the United States, I am proud to come to this city.”

On the recordJune 24, 1963
Coming as I do from the oldest major city in the United States, I am proud to come to this city.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Romerberg in Frankfurt.

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