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Woodrow Wilson: I venture to think that there are thousands of mothers and fathers and wives and sisters and sweethearts in this country…

On the recordSeptember 10, 1919
I venture to think that there are thousands of mothers and fathers and wives and sisters and sweethearts in this country who are never going to forget.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address at the Fairgrounds Auditorium in Billings, Montana

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