Political Quotes

On the recordJuly 2, 1909
I can conceive no bond of union stronger than that which unites the men who fought from '61 to '65 in the Grand Army.
Said by
Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Unveiling of the Memorial to Dr. Benjamin F. Stephenson, Founder of the Grand Army of the Republic

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