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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “So this stamp, as the Postmaster General said, will go into millions of homes, people who have very intimate…”

On the recordOctober 10, 1963
So this stamp, as the Postmaster General said, will go into millions of homes, people who have very intimate recollection of Mrs. Roosevelt during the most difficult flays of this country's experience in this century, and I think will serve as a reminder to all of us.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at the Ceremony Marking the Issuance of the Eleanor Roosevelt Commemorative Stamp

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