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On the recordJuly 3, 1968
We have come to know that we Americans have a profound interest in the independence of men and women at home and men and women all around the world.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Independence Day Remarks at the U.S. Pavilion at Hemis-Fair '68, San Antonio, Texas.

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