On the recordMarch 19, 1991
Today, 200 years later, you have returned General Kosciusko's message to the country of its birth: liberty, security, property.
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presidency.ucsb.eduToday, 200 years later, you have returned General Kosciusko's message to the country of its birth: liberty, security, property.
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