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Harry Truman: “Freedom must be fought for today, just as our fathers had to fight for freedom when the Nation was born.”

On the recordJuly 3, 1951
Freedom must be fought for today, just as our fathers had to fight for freedom when the Nation was born.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Ceremonies Commemorating the 175th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

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