Teddy Roosevelt: “I thank you for having given me the opportunity this afternoon to come…”

On the recordMay 13, 1902

I thank you for having given me the opportunity this afternoon to come before you and to lay the corner-stone of this building.

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Republican · New York

Source

Remarks at the Laying of the Cornerstone of the McKinley Memorial Ohio College of Government of the American University

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Teddy Roosevelt: “I thank you for having given me the opportunity this afternoon to come before you and to lay the corner-stone of this…”