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Gerald Ford: “During our 200 years as an independent nation, the United States has never forgotten its British heritage.”

On the recordJuly 6, 1976
During our 200 years as an independent nation, the United States has never forgotten its British heritage.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Toasts of the President and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

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