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On the recordJune 22, 1963
I bring you greetings from the citizens of America, including the citizens of Cologne, Minn.; Cologne, N.J.; and even Cologne, Tex.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at the Rathaus in Cologne After Signing the Golden Book.

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