Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Today we think of Christopher Columbus--a son of Italy--as the first immigrant: the first in that long procession of strangers who, over the centuries, have come to enrich our lives, our statesmanship, and our culture here in America.

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Remarks at the Signing of the Columbus Day Proclamation.

09/21/1966

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