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Woodrow Wilson: Shall the great sacrifice that we made in this war be in vain, or shall it not?

On the recordSeptember 10, 1919
Shall the great sacrifice that we made in this war be in vain, or shall it not?
Said by
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Opera House (Marlow Theater) in Helena, Montana

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