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Lyndon Johnson: Today we think of Christopher Columbus--a son of Italy--as the first immigrant.

On the recordSeptember 21, 1966
Today we think of Christopher Columbus--a son of Italy--as the first immigrant.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Signing of the Columbus Day Proclamation.

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