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Bill Taft: “These ceremonies are not for the benefit of the dead.”

On the recordMay 29, 1911
These ceremonies are not for the benefit of the dead.
Said by
Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Memorial Day Address at Arlington Cemetery

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