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Gerald Ford: “The act of independence, the actual separation of colonies and Crown, took place 200 years ago today.”

On the recordJuly 1, 1976
The act of independence, the actual separation of colonies and Crown, took place 200 years ago today.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at a Bicentennial Ceremony at the National Archives

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