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The original documents are located in Box 31, "5/3/76 - Remarks at Wilson Park,
Birmingham, Alabama" of the President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.
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Digitized from Box 31 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
WILSON PARK ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-- THANK YOU, CONGRESSMAN JOHN BUCHANAN
-- CONGRESSMAN BILL DICKINSON
-- CONGRESSMAN JACK EDWARDS
the
-- MAYOR VANN
-- DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
-- LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
and
at
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THE OUTSET LET ME THANK AND COMPLIMENT
THE FINE SAMFORD UNIVERSITY CHOIR. 4 the wonkful bands.
- I -
IT'S GREAT TO BE IN BIRMINGHAM --
THE ALL AMERICAN CITY
-2-
I HEAR YOU HAD QUITE A RACE YESTERDAY IN
TALLEDEGA (Talla-digga) -- THE WINSTON 500
WELL, THE CAR I CAME IN THIS AFTERNOON MIGHT NOT
HAVE BEEN FAST ENOUGH TO BEAT BUDDY BAKER,
BUT WE'VE GOT ANOTHER RACE OF OUR OWN TOMORROW --
AND THAT'S A RACE WE'D SURE LIKE TO WIN
-3-
WINNING SEEMS TO BE A HABIT IN ALABAMA
AND THE RECORD OF THE GREAT ALABAMA FOOTBALL
TEAMS SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
MY CONGRATULATIONS
TO BEAR BRYANT AND THE CRIMSON TIDE, AND
SHUG JERDAN AND THE AUBURN WAR EAGLES
-4-
I SEE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE HERE TODAY
\
YOUNG AMERICANS, ALREADY STEPPING IN TO TAKE OVER
THE REINS OF GOVERNMENT,
INDUSTRY,
AND THE
PROFESSIONS
- -5-
MY OWN WHITE HOUSE STAFF HERE TODAY
AVERAGE UNDER 35 YEARS OF AGE
- 6-
I HAVE MORE PRIDE IN EACH AND EVERY ONE
THAN I CAN EXPRESS
- -7- -
I BELIEVE IN AMERICA'S YOUNG PEOPLE
ABOVE ALL ELSE
IN 200 YEARS WE HAVE FORGED
FROM A STRUGGLING GROUP OF COLONIES THE GREATEST
NATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
-8-
OUR PROGRESS IN EVERY FIELD HAS BEEN
UNPRECEDENTED
AND MUCH OF THAT PROGRESS
HAS ALWAYS BEEN DUE TO THE STRENGTH AND CHARACTER
OF THE YOUNG AMERICAN
- 9 -
A LOT OF DETRACTORS ARE SAYING WE'RE
BECOMING A SECOND RATE NATION
you're No # #1.
Because 3tht
BUT WHEN I LOOK OUT OVER THIS CROWD
1
CAN SAY
I
AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN
A
AND PROUD OF AMERICA
-10-
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, AMERICA HAS
BEEN CHALLENGED AS RARELY BEFORE
WE FACED THE WORST ECONOMIC RECESSION
IN FORTY YEARS
WE BEAT IT
-11-
WE FACED MANY CHALLENGES TO PEACE IN
THE WORLD
AND WE ARE STILL AT PEACE
WE FACED A CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE IN
GOVERNMENT
-
\
AND THAT CONFIDENCE AND THE
INTEGRITY OF THE WHITE HOUSE HAVE BEEN RESTORED
-12-
THE CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE WILL BE EVEN
GREATER
TODAY'S GENERATION OF AMERICANS
MUST MEET THOSE CHALLENGES AS OUR PARENTS AND
GRANDPARENTS MET THEIRS
WITH COURAGE,
/
WITH SACRIFICE,
\
WITH DETERMINATION, BUT ALWAYS
WITH LOVE FOR OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD
-13-
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY AND
ALL THE OTHER AMERICANS THROUGHOUT ALABAMA AND
ALL OVER AMERICA
IT IS MY GREAT HONOR
TO BE YOUR PRESIDENT
-14-
WITH YOUR FAITH
ME
AND YOUR CONTINUED
SUPPORT, WE WILL FILL THE FUTURE WITH HOPE,
WITH GREAT ACHIEVEMENT AND WITH THE PROGRESS
THAT WILL KEEP AMERICA NUMBER ONE FOR GENERATIONS
TO COME
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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