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Lyndon Johnson: “In planning this Bicentennial Celebration, we must remember that we are celebrating not only the birth of American…”

On the recordMarch 9, 1966
In planning this Bicentennial Celebration, we must remember that we are celebrating not only the birth of American ideals, but the birth of ideals that today encircle the globe.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Proposing the Establishment of an American Revolution Bicentennial Commission

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