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On the recordSeptember 21, 1966
It reminds us that every citizen in this land is the descendant of men who were once foreigners--who were once strangers from afar.
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Eddie Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Signing of the Columbus Day Proclamation.

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