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Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963 "We Are...The Watchmen on the Walls of Freedom"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09810 Author/Creator: Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963 Place Written: Austin, Texas Type: Printed document Date: 22 November 1963 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 35.5 cm, Width: 21.7 cm Order a Copy PDF Download(s): Download PDF

One copy of John F. Kennedy's speech entitled, "We Are...The Watchmen on the Walls of Freedom." The speech was meant to be delivered on November 22, 1963 which was the day of his assassination in Dallas, Texas. Text of speech refers to economic equalities; increasing nuclear power to use against Communist-ruled countries: Vietnam, China, Korea, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Greece, Turkey and Iran; and an overhaul of exposing United States to Latin America through broadcasting the Voice of America.

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994
Connally, John Jr., 1917-1993

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