01/30/1966
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"I recognize, as I know you recognize, that we cannot be the leader of the world and the follower in space."
"I am so proud of the team that Mr. Webb has assembled."
"I trust when all is said and done, that America will not only be the home of the free and the land of the brave, but will be the nation that is first in space, due primarily to what you people are doi..."
"Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America do hereby designate September 17, 1964 as von Steuben Day."