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Lyndon Johnson: “It is fitting that we should come together once more on the eve of a great new era for older Americans.”

On the recordJune 2, 1966
It is fitting that we should come together once more on the eve of a great new era for older Americans.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to Members of the National Council of Senior Citizens.

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