Teddy Roosevelt: “Americanism is not a matter of creed, or birthplace, or descent.”

On the recordMarch 16, 1905

Americanism is not a matter of creed, or birthplace, or descent.

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Republican · New York

Source

Remarks at the 121st Annual Dinner of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in New York City

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