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On the recordOctober 11, 1960
Columbus Day commemorates modern man's greatest achievement in pressing forward the frontiers of the world.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Columbus Day Statement by Senator John F. Kennedy

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