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On the recordJune 22, 1963
For Cologne is not only an ancient German city, it is also an ancient European city, a city which, since Roman times, has played a special role in preserving Western culture, and Western religion, and Western civilization.
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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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