John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Let us make it a city of which the Nation may be proud-an example and…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 1963

Let us make it a city of which the Nation may be proud-an example and a showplace for the rest of the world.

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Democratic · Massachusetts

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Special Message to the Congress on the District of Columbia Budget.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Let us make it a city of which the Nation may be proud-an example and a showplace for the rest of the world.”