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As it was 189 years ago, so today the cause of America is a revolutionary cause.

I also invite the people of the United States to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies in honor of the memory of General Pulaski

I direct the appropriate Government officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on that day

America wins the wars that she undertakes.

And in appreciation for what you have done, and with the personal thanks for the support that you have given to both President Kennedy and to me, it gives me a great deal of personal pleasure in awarding you, this morning, here among your…

I am very indebted to you for this attractive silver bowl and I shall remember this occasion with a great deal of pleasure.

It is needed in the true interests of the United States and in fairness and justice to all.

I don't want to go back there until I have to, and I thought you would probably enjoy coming to the White House equally as much.

We must never allow ourselves to be cowed by conformity.

I think this is needed for the protection and promotion of peaceful trade, as well as for the welfare of the Hemisphere.

I hope that you of the IPA will go out into the hinterland and rouse the masses and blow the bugles and tell them that the hour has arrived and their day is here.

I also urge appropriate State and local officials, as well as public and private organizations, to join in the observance of this milestone in the history of the Coast Guard.

We have declared war on ignorance and illiteracy, we have declared war on poverty, we have declared war on disease, and we have declared war on tyranny and aggression.

I do hereby designate Monday, October 11, 1965, as General Pulaski's Memorial Day

This Congress this week will pass a voting rights bill that will give every American, regardless of his economic status, or where he lives, or what kind of a dress or suit he wears, or what his color is, or what his religion is-he will…

And to you and Mrs. Clifton and your family, I want you to know that wherever you go, whatever you do, we will be pulling for you, we will be remembering that the day was never too long, the night too dark, for you to do what the boss…

I take pleasure in submitting the first annual report of the Commission.

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Coast Guard on August 4…