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The original documents are located in Box 1, folder "College Graduation Message, 1976" of
the Eliska Hasek Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
Copyright Notice
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THE WHITE house
WASHINGTON
TO THE 1976 COLLEGE GRADUATES:
The freedom to pursue knowledge is one of the great
blessings our Founding Fathers sought to bestow on
the society they envisioned. You have been the bene-
ficiaries of this great legacy. You have tasted the
freedom to engage in the studies of your choice, to
express your opinions and to pursue new opportunities
for self-fulfillment.
As I congratulate you on the accomplishments reflected
in your college degrees, a proud nation looks to you to
help advance the continuing realization of the dream of
our Founding Fathers and the aspirations of our society.
We can reflect that two hundred years ago half of our
population was less than twenty years of age. The au-
thor of our Declaration of Independence was thirty-three;
and of its signers, sixteen were in their thirties and
three were in their twenties. Young or old, our Found-
ing Fathers cherished the concepts of individual freedom
and equality and were fiercely determined to direct their
own destiny.
As the Bicentennial college graduating class, you are
the embodiment of what America can achieve. You are
both the strength and the hope of our nation. I send each
of you my very best wishes for every success and per-
sonal satisfaction in your future lives.
Herold R. Ford
FORC & LIBRARY BERALD