12/19/1927
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"In the absence of the titular head of the mission, the senior diplomatic officer will act as Charge d'Affaires ad interim."
"We can not hold our admiration for the historic figures which we shall see here without growing stronger in our determination to perpetuate the institutions which their lives revealed and established."
"The fundamental principles which they represented have been wrought into the very being of our Country."
"The people of South Dakota are taking the lead in the preparation of this memorial out of their meager resources, because the American spirit is strong among them."