Teddy Roosevelt: “The veterans of the Civil War have a claim upon the Nation such as no…”

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The veterans of the Civil War have a claim upon the Nation such as no other body of our citizens possess.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt acknowledges the unique claim that Civil War veterans have on the nation.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “The veterans of the Civil War have a claim upon the Nation such as no other body of our citizens possess.”