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Harry Truman: “We dedicate here today not merely a monument to great men of the past, but also to the greatness of free men now and…”

On the recordOctober 18, 1948
We dedicate here today not merely a monument to great men of the past, but also to the greatness of free men now and forever.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address at the State Capitol, Raleigh, North Carolina

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