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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I urge all citizens to give special attention during that week to the aims and purposes of education and the programs…”

On the recordSeptember 16, 1962
I urge all citizens to give special attention during that week to the aims and purposes of education and the programs and problems of our schools and colleges.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Proclamation 3492—American Education Week, 1962

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