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Gerald Ford: “You have given to the rest of America the guidance and the inspiration to make our Bicentennial what it ought to be.”

On the recordApril 18, 1975
You have given to the rest of America the guidance and the inspiration to make our Bicentennial what it ought to be.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at Lexington Green

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