Address on Flag Day
06/13/1917
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It is now our liberty and our duty to keep our promise to the people of those islands by granting them the independence ...
I do not believe that they should be accorded indirectly.
I herewith call your attention to an agreement with Belgium made by the British and French Premiers and myself.
an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol, in the District of Columbi...