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Gerald Ford: “I think it illustrates the fact that Spanish-speaking Americans were in the very vanguard of the settlement of the new…”

On the recordSeptember 3, 1974
I think it illustrates the fact that Spanish-speaking Americans were in the very vanguard of the settlement of the new world.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks on Signing a National Hispanic Heritage Week Proclamation

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