FDR: “Our vital task of conservation is to preserve the freedom that our…”

On the recordSeptember 1, 1940

Our vital task of conservation is to preserve the freedom that our forefathers won in this land.

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Democratic · New York

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Address at Dedication of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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