On the recordSeptember 21, 1966
We welcome it--for we hear, in that sound, the echo of 1776.
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presidency.ucsb.eduWe welcome it--for we hear, in that sound, the echo of 1776.
Remarks at the Signing of the Columbus Day Proclamation.
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