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Gerald Ford: “Their restless search for a better life was begun in the spirit of adventure, but it was the spirit of sacrifice that…”

On the recordJuly 3, 1976
Their restless search for a better life was begun in the spirit of adventure, but it was the spirit of sacrifice that sustained them.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

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