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Harry Truman: I don't want to see a tavern or anything of the sort go on this corner where that church has been, and if I can prevent…

On the recordDecember 23, 1950
I don't want to see a tavern or anything of the sort go on this corner where that church has been, and if I can prevent it, it is not going there.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Dedication Services of the Grandview Baptist Church.

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