Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I invite the people of this Nation to observe that day in churches, schools, and other suitable places with appropriate ceremonies in honor of the memory of Christopher Columbus.

Context

Proclamation 3621—Columbus Day, 1964

10/02/1964

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