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Lyndon Johnson: “Loyalty Day 1967 thus becomes an opportunity for the vast majority in America—while respecting the right of dissent—to…”

On the recordApril 5, 1967
Loyalty Day 1967 thus becomes an opportunity for the vast majority in America—while respecting the right of dissent—to affirm their conviction that freedom is indivisible, their realization that the cruel burden of war must be carried, and their heartfelt gratitude to those who are risking their lives in harsh witness to our ideals.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Proclamation 3775—Loyalty Day, 1967

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