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

GLC09810

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GLC#
GLC09810
Type
Documents
Date
22 November 1963
Author/Creator
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963
Title
"We Are...The Watchmen on the Walls of Freedom"
Place Written
Austin, Texas
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 35.5 cm, Width: 21.7 cm
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Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Sixties

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.

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