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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
July 24, 1989
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA CEREMONY
The South Lawn
2:00 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Please, be seated if there are chairs out
there. For those who have no chairs, eat your heart out. It's warm.
(Laughter.) Let me first thank Lee Greenwood and the Moodys for
being with us today, and salute all you distinguished guests and the
award recipients. Fellow citizens of what a child once called "the
nearest thing to Heaven -- this America. Lots of sunshine, lots of
places to swim, and peanut butter sandwiches.
I want to welcome you to the White House and to a city
which takes pride in its contrariness. Only in Washington could they
call the office that manages the great outdoors the Department of the
Interior. (Laughter.) And in particular, I want to thank the man
who superbly leads that Department -- Secretary of the Interior
Manuel Lujan. And also Secretary Derwinski, the head of our Veterans
Administration. And then I saw our able Peace Corps Director over
here, Paul Coverdell. But most of all, each of you who've taken
pride in America -- and whom we take pride in saluting now.
Last month we celebrated the volunteer spirit which is as
timeless as America and as timely as today. For by launching the
points of light initiative we sounded a nationwide call for each
American to engage in community service.
Well, this afternoon we renew that call in the cause of
conserving our national and cultural resources. And of enshrining
our parks, forests, wildlife, waters, and monuments. For the great
outdoors is precious, but fragile. To preserve it, we must protect
it.
And now, as you may know, I, too, love the outdoors.
Always have. Love to hunt and hike and go fishing in the Keys or out
West. And you can just ask the honorary chairman of Take Pride In
America, Barbara Bush -- she might feel that she's a fishing widow at
times, but she, too, loves to fish. And, in fact, she's the only
person I know who can read and fish at the same time. (Laughter and
applause.) You might call it reading between the lines. (Laughter
and groans.) I knew that was risky. (Applause.)
You know something? Among our greatest joys has been
exploring the outdoors with our kids and our grandchildren. And
seeing the Grand Tetons through the eyes of a 13-year-old grandson.
Or teaching our -- George's twins, Jenna and Barbara, six years-old,
about the mysteries of the ocean. For it's at times like these --
seeing the wonder in their eyes -- that we are overwhelmed by nature,
when we realize, more than ever, that our children will, indeed,
inherit the Earth.
And today, it is for them -- America's children -- that
we've gathered here. For we know that our pride in America is
central to their future in America. And that future demands that
anyone concerned about America's quality of life must be concerned
about conservation. For America can only be as beautiful as her
people are vigilant.
MORE
- 2 -
You know that. And so did one of my favorite presidents.
Over the years, I've often talked about Theodore Roosevelt. A vital
man, a visionary, and one of America's great
conservationists. It was Teddy who called our lands and wildlife
"the property of unborn generations." And he had this to say about
America's redwoods and sequoias: They "should be kept as we keep a
great and beautiful cathedral."
Well, that's where you come in, the winners of the Take
Pride ceremony -- Take Pride in America Awards. Two years ago when I
hosted the first Take Pride ceremony out at the National Arboretum,
there were only 38 top winners. You know this year's number? One
hundred and four. And let's not forget the other thousands of
program participants in 48 states. Military and Peace Corps
volunteers and veterans. Eleven agencies of the federal government.
Churches and businesses. Inner-city groups and garden clubs. Groups
and individuals -- volunteers all.
I think, for example, of how in Page, Arizona, volunteers
rally every year to clean up the nearby Glen Canyon Recreation Area
and Navajo Reservation. Or -- how's this for a tongue-twister? -- in
Craig, Colorado, the High Country Cactus Kickers preserve
archaeological sites. In Lilburn, Georgia, 12-year-old Vanessa Cline
is passing out Pride in America brochures to "each person around my
neighborhood," she says. "I want people to get the message." And in
Kansas City, that message has moved Phillip Mendenhall and his best
friend, Nathaniel Riley, both 11 years old, to start a conservation
club. "We formed it," Phillip writes, "because we wanted to help our
public lands."
Today, across America, millions of kids of every age have
gotten "the message": protecting -- and preserving -- America's
cathedral of the outdoors. And they're restocking our forests and
wildlife refuges, and helping from campgrounds to playgrounds. And
in rural and urban areas where the environmental ethic and personal
commitment are restoring the purity of our air and our waters and the
beauty of our land.
For that, I thank you -- I thank you for protecting the
bounty of America -- our soils, lakes, and forests, its teeming
fisheries and mineral reserves. And yet, I also challenge you:
Challenge you not to rest, but to move onward, always upward,
preserving the splendor of America.
I began with a fishing reference. So, not surprisingly,
I'd like to close with one. It concerns Mark Twain, who loved to
brag about his fishing exploits.
He once spent three weeks fishing in the Maine woods,
ignoring the fact that the state's fishing season had closed. He had
a great catch and, like all fisherman, couldn't wait to find someone
to tell all about it.
On the train back to New York, Twain got relaxing in the
club car. And it was there that he came upon a stranger. And as he
began to describe his catch, this stranger appeared at first
unresponsive, then positively grim.
"By the way, who are you, sir?" Mark Twain wondered.
And the stranger answered, "I'm the state game warden. And who are
you?" (Laughter.) And with that, America's greatest writer nearly
swallowed his cigar. "Well, to be perfectly truthful, sir, I'm the
biggest liar in the United States of America.' (Laughter and
applause.)
Well, Mark Twain loved to brag. But then, he had much to
brag about. And so do you. For you are helping to reclaim and
recover America's precious environment. For our posterity and for
our children.
MORE
- 3 -
More than 130 years ago the poet Walt Whitman said, "I
hear America singing." And perhaps he was talking about Big Hole
River in Montana. Or Pelican Island in Florida. or treasures from
Big Sur in California to the rocky coast of Maine.
And today, each of you is helping America sing. Through
your caring and your sacrifice. And through deeds that are making
America a more pristine and glorious place.
To every award recipient -- my heartfelt congratulations.
And let me leave you with these familiar words of Irving Berlin:
"From the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam,
God bless America -- my home, sweet home."
God bless you all, and thank you for taking pride in this
country and enriching the beauty of this great, good and beloved home
-- the United States of America. Thank you all very, very much.
(Applause.)
END
2:10 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
THE WHITE HOUSE
7/23/89
WASHINGTON
JULY 21,UL1989 A8: 48
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I.
SUMMARY
On Monday, July 24, at 2 P.M., you will address the Take Pride in
America Awards ceremony on the South Lawn. About 2,000 people are
expected to attend, including Secretaries Lujan and Derwinski, Peace
Corps Director Coverdell, and this year's 104 top winners of the Take
Pride in America Awards.
II.
DISCUSSION
The enclosed remarks discuss your commitment to the environment, and
salute Take Pride in America for its role in protecting, and preserving,
the outdoors. Using examples from the award-recipients, the text
focuses on how they have conserved America's national and cultural resources.
(Smith/Blessey)
Draft Five
July 21, 1989
PRIDE2
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
SOUTH LAWN
MONDAY, JULY 24, 1989
2:00 P.M.
Distinguished guests. Award-recipients. Fellow citizens of
what a child once called "the nearest thing to Heaven -- this
America. Lots of sunshine, lots of places to swim, and peanut
butter sandwiches."
I want to welcome you to the White House. And to a city
which takes pride in its contrariness. Only in Washington would
they call the Office that manages the great outdoors the
Department of the Interior.
In particular, I would like to thank the man who superbly
leads that Department -- Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan.
And Secretary Derwinski. And Peace Corps Director Paul
Coverdell. But most of all, each of you who have taken pride in
America -- and whom we take pride in saluting now.
Last month we celebrated the volunteer spirit which is as
timeless as America, and as timely as today. For by launching
the "Points of Light Initiative," we sounded a nationwide call
for each American to engage in community service.
Well, this afternoon we renew that call in the cause of
conserving our national and cultural resources. And of
enshrining our parks, forests, wildlife, waters, and monuments.
2
For the great outdoors is precious, but fragile. To preserve it,
we must protect it.
Now, as you may know, I love the outdoors. Always have.
Love to hunt, hike, and raft, to go fishingping in the Keys on
out west.
Just ask the Honorary Chairman of Take Pride In America [PAUSE]
You've heard of football widows [PAUSE]
Well, Barbara
Bush often jokes that she's a fishing widow.
Seriously, Barbara loves to fish. In fact, she's the only
person I know who can read and fish at the same time [PAUSE]
forgive me, but you might call it "reading between the lines.
And you know something? Among our greatest joys has been
exploring the outdoors with our kids. And with our grandkids.
Seeing the Grand Tetons through the eyes of our thirteen-
year-old grandson. Or teaching our six-year-old twin
granddaughters about the mysteries of the ocean. For it's at
times like these -- seeing the wonder in their eyes that we are
overwhelmed by nature -- when we realize, more than ever, that
our children will inherit the earth.
Today, it is for them -- America's children -- that we have
gathered here. For we know that our pride in America is central
to their future in America. That future demands that anyone
concerned about America's quality of life must be concerned about
conservation. For America can only be as beautiful as her people
are vigilant.
You know that. And so did one of my favorite Presidents.
Over the years, I've often talked about Theodore Roosevelt. A
3
vital man, a visionary. And one of America's greatest
Roservelt
conservationists. It was Teddy who called our lands and wildlife
"the property of the unborn generations." And he had this to say
about America's redwoods and sequoias: They "should be kept just
as we keep a great and beautiful cathedral."
Well, that's where you come in: the winners of the Take
Pride in America Awards. Two years ago, when I hosted the first
Take Pride ceremony at the National Arboretum, there were only 38
top winners. You know this year's number? One hundred and four.
And let's not forget the other thousands of program participants
in forty-eight States. Military and Peace Corps veterans.
Eleven agencies of the Federal government. Churches and
businesses. Inner-city groups and garden clubs. Groups and
individuals -- volunteers all.
I think, for example, of how in Page, Arizona, volunteers
rally every year to clean up the nearby Glen Canyon Recreation
Area and Navajo Reservation. or -- how's this for a tongue-
twister? -- in Craig, Colorado, the High Country Cactus Kickers
preserve archeological sites. In Lilburn, Georgia, twelve-year-
old Vanessa Cline is passing out Pride In America brochures to
"each person around my neighborhood," she says. "I want people to
get the message." And in Kansas City, that message has moved
Phillip Mendenhall and his best friend, Nathaniel Riley, both
eleven years old, to start a conservation club. "We formed it,"
Phillip writes, "because we wanted to help our public lands."
4
Today, across America, millions of kids of every age have
gotten "the message": protecting -- and preserving -- America's
cathedral of the outdoors. They are restocking our forests and
wildlife refuges. Helping from campgrounds to playgrounds. And
in rural and urban areas where the environmental ethic and
personal commitment are restoring the purity of our air, and our
waters, and the beauty of our land.
For that, I thank you -- thank you for protecting the bounty
of America -- our soils, lakes, and forests, its teeming
fisheries and mineral reserves. And yet I also challenge you:
Challenge you not to rest, but to move onward, always upward, and
preserve the splendor of America.
I began with a fishing reference. And, not surprisingly,
I'd like to close with one. It concerns Mark Twain, who loved to
brag about his fishing exploits.
Twain once spent three weeks fishing in the Maine woods,
ignoring the fact that the state's fishing season had closed. He
had a great catch, and like all fishermen, couldn't wait to find
someone to tell all about it.
On the train back to New York, Twain got to relaxing in the
club car. And it was there that he came upon a stranger. And as
he began to describe his catch, the stranger appeared at first
unresponsive, then positively grim.
"By the way, who are you, sir?" Mark Twain wondered. And
the stranger answered, "I'm the state game warden. And who are
you?" With that, America's greatest writer nearly swallowed his
5
cigar. "Well, to be perfectly truthful, sir," he said, finally,
"I'm the biggest liar in the whole United States. "
Yes, Mark Twain loved to brag. But then, he had much to
brag about. And so do you. For you are helping to reclaim, and
recover, America's environment. For our posterity. And for our
children.
More than 130 years ago the poet Walt Whitman said, "I hear
America singing." Perhaps he was talking about Big Hole River in
Montana. Or Pelican Island in Florida. or treasures from Big
Sur in California to the rocky coast of Maine.
Today, each of you is helping America sing. Through your
caring, and sacrifice. And through deeds that are making America
a more pristine and glorious place.
To every award-recipient -- my heart-felt congratulations.
And let me leave you with these words of Irving Berlin: "From
the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam,
God bless America -- My Home Sweet Home."
God bless you, thank you for taking pride in this country,
and thank you for enriching the beauty of our good, great, and
beloved home -- the United States of America.
#
#
#
#
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
SOUTH LAWN
MONDAY, JULY 24, 1989
2:00 P.M.
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS. AWARD-RECIPIENTS. FELLOW
CITIZENS OF WHAT A CHILD ONCE CALLED "THE NEAREST THING
TO HEAVEN -- THIS AMERICA. LOTS OF SUNSHINE, LOTS OF
PLACES TO SWIM, AND PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHES."
- 2 -
I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE WHITE HOUSE. AND TO A
CITY WHICH TAKES PRIDE IN ITS CONTRARINESS. ONLY IN
WASHINGTON WOULD THEY CALL THE OFFICE THAT MANAGES THE
GREAT OUTDOORS THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
IN PARTICULAR, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MAN WHO
SUPERBLY LEADS THAT DEPARTMENT -- SECRETARY OF THE
INTERIOR MANUEL LUJAN. AND SECRETARY DERWINSKI. AND
PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR PAUL COVERDELL.
- 3 -
BUT MOST OF ALL, EACH OF YOU WHO HAVE TAKEN PRIDE IN
AMERICA -- AND WHOM WE TAKE PRIDE IN SALUTING NOW.
LAST MONTH WE CELEBRATED THE VOLUNTEER SPIRIT WHICH
IS AS TIMELESS AS AMERICA, AND AS TIMELY AS TODAY. FOR
BY LAUNCHING THE "POINTS OF LIGHT INITIATIVE,' WE
SOUNDED A NATIONWIDE CALL FOR EACH AMERICAN TO ENGAGE
IN COMMUNITY SERVICE.
- 4 -
WELL, THIS AFTERNOON WE RENEW THAT CALL IN THE
CAUSE OF CONSERVING OUR NATIONAL AND CULTURAL
RESOURCES. AND OF ENSHRINING OUR PARKS, FORESTS,
WILDLIFE, WATERS, AND MONUMENTS. FOR THE GREAT
OUTDOORS IS PRECIOUS, BUT FRAGILE. To PRESERVE IT, WE
MUST PROTECT IT.
- 5 -
Now, AS YOU MAY KNOW, I LOVE THE OUTDOORS. ALWAYS
HAVE. LOVE To HUNT, HIKE, AND, TO GO FISHING IN THE
KEYS OR OUT WEST. JUST ASK THE HONORARY CHAIRMAN OF
TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA [PAUSE]
...
YOU'VE HEARD OF
FOOTBALL WIDOWS [PAUSE]
...
WELL, BARBARA BUSH OFTEN
JOKES THAT SHE'S A FISHING WIDOW.
- 6 -
SERIOUSLY, BARBARA LOVES TO FISH. IN FACT, SHE'S
THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW WHO CAN READ AND FISH AT THE
SAME TIME [PAUSE]
FORGIVE ME, BUT YOU MIGHT CALL
IT "READING BETWEEN THE LINES." AND YOU KNOW
SOMETHING? AMONG OUR GREATEST JOYS HAS BEEN EXPLORING
THE OUTDOORS WITH OUR KIDS. AND WITH OUR GRANDKIDS.
- 7 -
SEEING THE GRAND TETONS THROUGH THE EYES OF OUR
THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON. OR TEACHING OUR SIX-YEAR-
OLD TWIN GRANDDAUGHTERS ABOUT THE MYSTERIES OF THE
OCEAN. FOR IT'S AT TIMES LIKE THESE -- SEEING THE
WONDER IN THEIR EYES THAT WE ARE OVERWHELMED BY
NATURE -- WHEN WE REALIZE, MORE THAN EVER, THAT OUR
CHILDREN WILL INHERIT THE EARTH.
- 8 -
TODAY, IT IS FOR THEM -- AMERICA'S CHILDREN -- THAT
WE HAVE GATHERED HERE. FOR WE KNOW THAT OUR PRIDE IN
AMERICA IS CENTRAL TO THEIR FUTURE IN AMERICA. THAT
FUTURE DEMANDS THAT ANYONE CONCERNED ABOUT AMERICA'S
QUALITY OF LIFE MUST BE CONCERNED ABOUT CONSERVATION.
FOR AMERICA CAN ONLY BE AS BEAUTIFUL AS HER PEOPLE ARE
VIGILANT.
- 9 -
You KNOW THAT. AND SO DID ONE OF MY FAVORITE
PRESIDENTS. OVER THE YEARS, I'VE OFTEN TALKED ABOUT
THEODORE ROOSEVELT. A VITAL MAN, A VISIONARY. AND ONE
OF AMERICA'S GREATEST CONSERVATIONISTS. IT WAS TEDDY
ROOSEVELT WHO CALLED OUR LANDS AND WILDLIFE "THE
PROPERTY OF THE UNBORN GENERATIONS." AND HE HAD THIS
TO SAY ABOUT AMERICA'S REDWOODS AND SEQUOIAS: THEY
"SHOULD BE KEPT JUST AS WE KEEP A GREAT AND BEAUTIFUL
CATHEDRAL."
- 10 -
WELL, THAT'S WHERE YOU COME IN: THE WINNERS OF THE
TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA AWARDS. Two YEARS AGO, WHEN I
HOSTED THE FIRST TAKE PRIDE CEREMONY AT THE NATIONAL
ARBORETUM, THERE WERE ONLY 38 TOP WINNERS. You KNOW
THIS YEAR'S NUMBER? ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR. AND LET'S
NOT FORGET THE OTHER THOUSANDS OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
IN FORTY-EIGHT STATES.
- 11 -
MILITARY AND PEACE CORPS VETERANS. ELEVEN AGENCIES OF
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. CHURCHES AND BUSINESSES.
INNER-CITY GROUPS AND GARDEN CLUBS. GROUPS AND
INDIVIDUALS -- VOLUNTEERS ALL.
I THINK, FOR EXAMPLE, OF HOW IN PAGE, ARIZONA,
VOLUNTEERS RALLY EVERY YEAR TO CLEAN UP THE NEARBY GLEN
CANYON RECREATION AREA AND NAVAJO RESERVATION.
- 12 -
OR -- HOW'S THIS FOR A TONGUE-TWISTER? -- IN CRAIG,
COLORADO, THE HIGH COUNTRY CACTUS KICKERS PRESERVE
ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES. IN LILBURN, GEORGIA, TWELVE-YEAR-
OLD VANESSA CLINE IS PASSING OUT PRIDE IN AMERICA
BROCHURES TO "EACH PERSON AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD," SHE
SAYS. "I WANT PEOPLE TO GET THE MESSAGE."
- 13 -
AND IN KANSAS CITY, THAT MESSAGE HAS MOVED PHILLIP
MENDENHALL AND HIS BEST FRIEND, NATHANIEL RILEY, BOTH
ELEVEN YEARS OLD, TO START A CONSERVATION CLUB. "WE
FORMED IT, PHILLIP WRITES, "BECAUSE WE WANTED TO HELP
OUR PUBLIC LANDS.'
TODAY, ACROSS AMERICA, MILLIONS OF KIDS OF EVERY
AGE HAVE GOTTEN "THE MESSAGE": PROTECTING -- AND
PRESERVING -- AMERICA'S CATHEDRAL OF THE OUTDOORS.
- 14 -
THEY ARE RESTOCKING OUR FORESTS AND WILDLIFE REFUGES.
HELPING FROM CAMPGROUNDS TO PLAYGROUNDS. AND IN RURAL
AND URBAN AREAS WHERE THE ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC AND
PERSONAL COMMITMENT ARE RESTORING THE PURITY OF OUR
AIR, AND OUR WATERS, AND THE BEAUTY OF OUR LAND.
FOR THAT, I THANK YOU -- THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING
THE BOUNTY OF AMERICA -- OUR SOILS, LAKES, AND FORESTS,
ITS TEEMING FISHERIES AND MINERAL RESERVES.
- 15 -
AND YET I ALSO CHALLENGE YOU: CHALLENGE YOU NOT TO
REST, BUT TO MOVE ONWARD, ALWAYS UPWARD, AND PRESERVE
THE SPLENDOR OF AMERICA.
I BEGAN WITH A FISHING REFERENCE. AND, NOT
SURPRISINGLY, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE WITH ONE. IT CONCERNS
MARK TWAIN, WHO LOVED TO BRAG ABOUT HIS FISHING
EXPLOITS.
- 16 -
TWAIN ONCE SPENT THREE WEEKS FISHING IN THE MAINE
WOODS, IGNORING THE FACT THAT THE STATE'S FISHING
SEASON HAD CLOSED. HE HAD A GREAT CATCH, AND LIKE ALL
FISHERMEN, COULDN'T WAIT TO FIND SOMEONE TO TELL ALL
ABOUT IT.
- 17 -
ON THE TRAIN BACK TO NEW YORK, TWAIN GOT TO
RELAXING IN THE CLUB CAR. AND IT WAS THERE THAT HE
CAME UPON A STRANGER. AND AS HE BEGAN TO DESCRIBE HIS
CATCH, THE STRANGER APPEARED AT FIRST UNRESPONSIVE,
THEN POSITIVELY GRIM.
"By THE WAY, WHO ARE YOU, SIR?" MARK TWAIN
WONDERED. AND THE STRANGER ANSWERED, "I'm THE STATE
GAME WARDEN. AND WHO ARE YOU?"
- 18 -
WITH THAT, AMERICA'S GREATEST WRITER NEARLY SWALLOWED
HIS CIGAR. "WELL, TO BE PERFECTLY TRUTHFUL, SIR," HE
SAID, FINALLY, "I'M THE BIGGEST LIAR IN THE WHOLE
UNITED STATES."
YES, MARK TWAIN LOVED TO BRAG. BUT THEN, HE HAD
MUCH TO BRAG ABOUT. AND SO DO YOU. FOR YOU ARE
HELPING TO RECLAIM, AND RECOVER, AMERICA'S ENVIRONMENT.
FOR OUR POSTERITY. AND FOR OUR CHILDREN.
- 19 -
MORE THAN 130 YEARS AGO THE POET WALT WHITMAN SAID,
"I HEAR AMERICA SINGING." PERHAPS HE WAS TALKING ABOUT
BIG HOLE RIVER IN MONTANA. OR PELICAN ISLAND IN
FLORIDA. OR TREASURES FROM BIG SUR IN CALIFORNIA TO
THE ROCKY COAST OF MAINE.
TODAY, EACH OF YOU IS HELPING AMERICA SING.
THROUGH YOUR CARING, AND SACRIFICE. AND THROUGH DEEDS
THAT ARE MAKING AMERICA A MORE PRISTINE AND GLORIOUS
PLACE.
- 20 -
To EVERY AWARD-RECIPIENT -- MY HEART-FELT
CONGRATULATIONS. AND LET ME LEAVE YOU WITH THESE WORDS
OF IRVING BERLIN: "FROM THE MOUNTAINS, TO THE
PRAIRIES, TO THE OCEANS WHITE WITH FOAM, GOD BLESS
AMERICA -- MY HOME SWEET HoMe."
GOD BLESS YOU, THANK YOU FOR TAKING PRIDE IN THIS
COUNTRY, AND THANK YOU FOR ENRICHING THE BEAUTY OF OUR
GOOD, GREAT, AND BELOVED HOME -- THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
# # #
056069SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
7/21/89
89 JUL 24 A7:56
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DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
PINKERTON
CICCONI
PETERSMEYER
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
1000 4 iv
JULY 21, 1989
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON cw
FROM:
CURT SMITH
SUBJECT:
JULY 24 TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA AWARDS
I.
SUMMARY
On Monday, July 24, at 2 P.M., you will address the Take Pride in
America Awards ceremony on the South Lawn. About 2,000 people are
expected to attend, including Secretaries Lujan and Derwinski, Peace
Corps Director Coverdell, and this year's 104 top winners of the Take
Pride in America Awards.
II. DISCUSSION
The enclosed remarks discuss your commitment to the environment, and
salute Take Pride in America for its role in protecting, and preserving,
the outdoors. Using examples from the award-recipients, the text
focuses on how they have conserved America's national and cultural resources.
(Smith/Blessey)
Draft Five
July 21, 1989
PRIDE2
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
SOUTH LAWN
MONDAY, JULY 24, 1989
2:00 P.M.
Distinguished guests. Award-recipients. Fellow citizens of
what a child once called "the nearest thing to Heaven -- this
America. Lots of sunshine, lots of places to swim, and peanut
butter sandwiches."
I want to welcome you to the White House. And to a city
which takes pride in its contrariness. Only in Washington would
they call the Office that manages the great outdoors the
Department of the Interior.
In particular, I would like to thank the man who superbly
leads that Department -- Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan.
And Secretary Derwinski. And Peace Corps Director Paul
Coverdell. But most of all, each of you who have taken pride in
America -- and whom we take pride in saluting now.
Last month we celebrated the volunteer spirit which is as
timeless as America, and as timely as today. For by launching
the "Points of Light Initiative," we sounded a nationwide call
for each American to engage in community service.
Well, this afternoon we renew that call in the cause of
conserving our national and cultural resources. And of
enshrining our parks, forests, wildlife, waters, and monuments.
2
For the great outdoors is precious, but fragile. To preserve it,
we must protect it.
Now, as you may know, I love the outdoors. Always have.
Love to hunt, hike, and raft, to go tarpon-snapping in the Keys.
Just ask the Honorary Chairman of Take Pride In America [PAUSE]
You've heard of football widows [PAUSE]
Well, Barbara
Bush often jokes that she's a fishing widow.
Seriously, Barbara loves to fish. In fact, she's the only
person I know who can read and fish at the same time [PAUSE]
forgive me, but you might call it "reading between the lines."
And you know something? Among our greatest joys has been
exploring the outdoors with our kids. And with our grandkids.
Seeing the Grand Tetons through the eyes of our thirteen-
year-old grandson. or teaching our six-year-old twin
granddaughters about the mysteries of the ocean. For it's at
times like these -- seeing the wonder in their eyes that we are
overwhelmed by nature -- when we realize, more than ever, that
our children will inherit the earth.
Today, it is for them -- America's children -- that we have
gathered here. For we know that our pride in America is central
to their future in America. That future demands that anyone
concerned about America's quality of life must be concerned about
conservation. For America can only be as beautiful as her people
are vigilant.
You know that. And so did one of my favorite Presidents.
Over the years, I've often talked about Theodore Roosevelt. A
3
vital man, a visionary. And one of America's greatest
conservationists. It was Teddy who called our lands and wildlife
"the property of the unborn generations." And he had this to say
about America's redwoods and sequoias: They "should be kept just
as we keep a great and beautiful cathedral."
Well, that's where you come in: the winners of the Take
Pride in America Awards. Two years ago, when I hosted the first
Take Pride ceremony at the National Arboretum, there were only 38
top winners. You know this year's number? One hundred and four.
And let's not forget the other thousands of program participants
in forty-eight States. Military and Peace Corps veterans.
Eleven agencies of the Federal government. Churches and
businesses. Inner-city groups and garden clubs. Groups and
individuals -- volunteers all.
I think, for example, of how in Page, Arizona, volunteers
rally every year to clean up the nearby Glen Canyon Recreation
Area and Navajo Reservation. or -- how's this for a tongue-
twister? -- in Craig, Colorado, the High Country Cactus Kickers
preserve archeological sites. In Lilburn, Georgia, twelve-year-
old Vanessa Cline is passing out Pride In America brochures to
"each person around my neighborhood," she says. "I want people to
get the message." And in Kansas City, that message has moved
Phillip Mendenhall and his best friend, Nathaniel Riley, both
eleven years old, to start a conservation club. "We formed it,"
Phillip writes, "because we wanted to help our public lands."
4
Today, across America, millions of kids of every age have
gotten "the message": protecting -- and preserving -- America's
cathedral of the outdoors. They are restocking our forests and
wildlife refuges. Helping from campgrounds to playgrounds. And
in rural and urban areas where the environmental ethic and
personal commitment are restoring the purity of our air, and our
waters, and the beauty of our land.
For that, I thank you -- thank you for protecting the bounty
of America -- our soils, lakes, and forests, its teeming
fisheries and mineral reserves. And yet I also challenge you:
Challenge you not to rest, but to move onward, always upward, and
preserve the splendor of America.
I began with a fishing reference. And, not surprisingly,
I'd like to close with one. It concerns Mark Twain, who loved to
brag about his fishing exploits.
Twain once spent three weeks fishing in the Maine woods,
ignoring the fact that the state's fishing season had closed. He
had a great catch, and like all fishermen, couldn't wait to find
someone to tell all about it.
On the train back to New York, Twain got to relaxing in the
club car. And it was there that he came upon a stranger. And as
he began to describe his catch, the stranger appeared at first
unresponsive, then positively grim.
"By the way, who are you, sir?" Mark Twain wondered. And
the stranger answered, "I'm the state game warden. And who are
you?" With that, America's greatest writer nearly swallowed his
5
cigar. "Well, to be perfectly truthful, sir," he said, finally,
"I'm the biggest liar in the whole United States.'
Yes, Mark Twain loved to brag. But then, he had much to
brag about. And so do you. For you are helping to reclaim, and
recover, America's environment. For our posterity. And for our
children.
More than 130 years ago the poet Walt Whitman said, "I hear
America singing." Perhaps he was talking about Big Hole River in
Montana. or Pelican Island in Florida. or treasures from Big
Sur in California to the rocky coast of Maine.
Today, each of you is helping America sing. Through your
caring, and sacrifice. And through deeds that are making America
a more pristine and glorious place.
To every award-recipient -- my heart-felt congratulations.
And let me leave you with these words of Irving Berlin: "From
the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam,
God bless America -- My Home Sweet Home."
God bless you, thank you for taking pride in this country,
and thank you for enriching the beauty of our good, great, and
beloved home -- the United States of America.
#
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
JULY 21, 1989
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH: CHRISS WINSTON cw
FROM:
CURT SMITH
B
SUBJECT:
JULY 24 TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA AWARDS
I.
SUMMARY
On Monday, July 24, at 2 P.M., you will address the Take Pride in
America Awards ceremony on the South Lawn. About 2,000 people are
expected to attend, including Secretaries Lujan and Derwinski, Peace
Corps Director Coverdell, and this year's 104 top winners of the Take
Pride in America Awards.
II. DISCUSSION
The enclosed remarks discuss your commitment to the environment, and
salute Take Pride in America for its role in protecting, and preserving,
the outdoors. Using examples from the award-recipients, the text
focuses on how they have conserved America's national and cultural resources.
(Smith/Blessey)
Draft Five
July 21, 1989
PRIDE2
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
SOUTH LAWN
MONDAY, JULY 24, 1989
2:00 P.M.
Distinguished guests. Award-recipients. Fellow citizens of
what a child once called "the nearest thing to Heaven -- this
America. Lots of sunshine, lots of places to swim, and peanut
butter sandwiches."
I want to welcome you to the White House. And to a city
which takes pride in its contrariness. Only in Washington would
they call the Office that manages the great outdoors the
Department of the Interior.
In particular, I would like to thank the man who superbly
leads that Department -- Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan.
And Secretary Derwinski. And Peace Corps Director Paul
Coverdell. But most of all, each of you who have taken pride in
America -- and whom we take pride in saluting now.
Last month we celebrated the volunteer spirit which is as
timeless as America, and as timely as today. For by launching
the "Points of Light Initiative," we sounded a nationwide call
for each American to engage in community service.
Well, this afternoon we renew that call in the cause of
conserving our national and cultural resources. And of
enshrining our parks, forests, wildlife, waters, and monuments.
2
For the great outdoors is precious, but fragile. To preserve it,
we must protect it.
Now, as you may know, I love the outdoors. Always have.
Love to hunt, hike, and raft, to go tarpon-snapping in the Keys.
Just ask the Honorary Chairman of Take Pride In America [PAUSE]
You've heard of football widows [PAUSE]
Well, Barbara
Bush often jokes that she's a fishing widow.
Seriously, Barbara loves to fish. In fact, she's the only
person I know who can read and fish at the same time [PAUSE]
forgive me, but you might call it "reading between the lines. "
And you know something? Among our greatest joys has been
exploring the outdoors with our kids. And with our grandkids.
Seeing the Grand Tetons through the eyes of our thirteen-
year-old grandson. or teaching our six-year-old twin
granddaughters about the mysteries of the ocean. For it's at
times like these -- seeing the wonder in their eyes that we are
overwhelmed by nature -- when we realize, more than ever, that
our children will inherit the earth.
Today, it is for them -- America's children -- that we have
gathered here. For we know that our pride in America is central
to their future in America. That future demands that anyone
concerned about America's quality of life must be concerned about
conservation. For America can only be as beautiful as her people
are vigilant.
You know that. And so did one of my favorite Presidents.
Over the years, I've often talked about Theodore Roosevelt. A
3
vital man, a visionary. And one of America's greatest
conservationists. It was Teddy who called our lands and wildlife
"the property of the unborn generations." And he had this to say
about America's redwoods and sequoias: They "should be kept just
as we keep a great and beautiful cathedral."
Well, that's where you come in: the winners of the Take
Pride in America Awards. Two years ago, when I hosted the first
Take Pride ceremony at the National Arboretum, there were only 38
top winners. You know this year's number? One hundred and four.
And let's not forget the other thousands of program participants
in forty-eight States. Military and Peace Corps veterans.
Eleven agencies of the Federal government. Churches and
businesses. Inner-city groups and garden clubs. Groups and
individuals -- volunteers all.
I think, for example, of how in Page, Arizona, volunteers
rally every year to clean up the nearby Glen Canyon Recreation
Area and Navajo Reservation. Or -- how's this for a tongue-
twister? -- in Craig, Colorado, the High Country Cactus Kickers
preserve archeological sites. In Lilburn, Georgia, twelve-year-
old Vanessa Cline is passing out Pride In America brochures to
"each person around my neighborhood, " she says. "I want people to
get the message." And in Kansas City, that message has moved
Phillip Mendenhall and his best friend, Nathaniel Riley, both
eleven years old, to start a conservation club. "We formed it,"
Phillip writes, "because we wanted to help our public lands."
4
Today, across America, millions of kids of every age have
gotten "the message": protecting -- and preserving -- America's
cathedral of the outdoors. They are restocking our forests and
wildlife refuges. Helping from campgrounds to playgrounds. And
in rural and urban areas where the environmental ethic and
personal commitment are restoring the purity of our air, and our
waters, and the beauty of our land.
For that, I thank you -- thank you for protecting the bounty
of America -- our soils, lakes, and forests, its teeming
fisheries and mineral reserves. And yet I also challenge you:
Challenge you not to rest, but to move onward, always upward, and
preserve the splendor of America.
I began with a fishing reference. And, not surprisingly,
I'd like to close with one. It concerns Mark Twain, who loved to
brag about his fishing exploits.
Twain once spent three weeks fishing in the Maine woods,
ignoring the fact that the state's fishing season had closed. He
had a great catch, and like all fishermen, couldn't wait to find
someone to tell all about it.
On the train back to New York, Twain got to relaxing in the
club car. And it was there that he came upon a stranger. And as
he began to describe his catch, the stranger appeared at first
unresponsive, then positively grim.
"By the way, who are you, sir?" Mark Twain wondered. And
the stranger answered, "I'm the state game warden. And who are
you?" With that, America's greatest writer nearly swallowed his
5
cigar. "Well, to be perfectly truthful, sir," he said, finally,
"I'm the biggest liar in the whole United States."
Yes, Mark Twain loved to brag. But then, he had much to
brag about. And so do you. For you are helping to reclaim, and
recover, America's environment. For our posterity. And for our
children.
More than 130 years ago the poet Walt Whitman said, "I hear
America singing." Perhaps he was talking about Big Hole River in
Montana. or Pelican Island in Florida. or treasures from Big
Sur in California to the rocky coast of Maine.
Today, each of you is helping America sing. Through your
caring, and sacrifice. And through deeds that are making America
a more pristine and glorious place.
To every award-recipient -- my heart-felt congratulations.
And let me leave you with these words of Irving Berlin: "From
the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam,
God bless America -- My Home Sweet Home."
God bless you, thank you for taking pride in this country,
and thank you for enriching the beauty of our good, great, and
beloved home -- the United States of America.
#
#
#
#
Document No. 055512
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
7/20/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
10:00am 7/21/89
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
P
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
P
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
WINSTON
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
PETERSMEYER
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston's office with an info copy to my office by 10:00am
Friday, July 21. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
minorents
JUL 20 JUL 20 P5: 02
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
1989 JUL 20 Smith
Draft Four
July 18, 1989
PRIDE2
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
SOUTH LAWN
MONDAY, JULY 24, 1989
2:00 P.M.
Distinguished guests. Award-recipients. Fellow citizens of
what a child once called "the nearest thing to Heaven -- this
America. Lots of sunshine, lots of places to swim, and peanut
butter sandwiches."
I want to welcome you to the White House. And to a city
which takes pride in its contrariness. Only in Washington would
they call the Office that manages the great outdoors the
Department of the Interior.
In particular, I would like to thank the man who superbly
leads that Department -- Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan.
And Secretary Cavazos. And Peace Corps Director Paul Coverdell.
But most of all, each of you who have taken pride in America --
and whom we take pride in saluting now.
Last month we celebrated the volunteer spirit which is as
timeless as America, and as timely as today. For by launching
the "Thousand Points of Light Initiative," we sounded a
nationwide call for each American to enlist in community service.
Well, this afternoon we renew our enlistment in the cause of
serving our national and cultural resources. And of enshrining
our parks, forests, wildlife, waters, and monuments. For the
2
great outdoors is precious, but fragile. To preserve it, we must
protect it.
Now, as you may know, I love the outdoors. Always have.
Love to hunt, hike, and raft, to go tarpIn-snapping in the Keys.
Just ask the Honorary Chairman of Take Pride In America [PAUSE]
You've heard of football widows [PAUSE]
Well, Barbara
Bush often jokes that she's a fishing widow.
Seriously, Barbara loves to fish. In fact, she's the only
person I know who can read and fish at the same time [PAUSE]
forgive me, but you might call it "reading between the lines. "
And you know something? Among our greatest joys has been
exploring the outdoors with our kids. And with our grandkids.
Seeing the Grand Tetons. through the eyes of our ten-year-
old grandson. Or teaching our 6-year-old twin granddaughters
about the mysteries of the ocean. For it's at times like these
-- seeing the wonder in their eyes that we are overwhelmed by
nature -- when we realize, more than ever, that our children will
inherit the earth.
Today, it is for them -- America's kids -- that we have
gathered here. For we know that our pride in America is central
to their future in America. That future demands that anyone
concerned about America's quality of life must be concerned about
conservation. For America can only be as beautiful as her people
are vigilant.
You know that. And 50, if you'll forgive a personal note,
So did perhaps my favorite President. Over the years, I've often
3
talked about Theodore Roosevelt. A vital man, a visionary. And
one of America's greatest conservationists. It was Teddy who
called our lands and wildlife "the property of unborn
generations." And he had this to say about America's redwoods
and sequoias: They "should be kept just as we keep a great and
beautiful cathedral."
Well, that's where you come in: the winners of the Take
Pride in America Awards. Two years ago, when I hosted the first
Take Pride ceremony at the National Arboretum, there were only 38
top winners. You know this year's number? One hundred and four.
And let's not forget the other thousands of program participants
in forty-eight States. Military and Peace Corps veterans.
Eleven agencies of the Federal government. Churches and
businesses. Inner-city groups and garden clubs. Groups and
individuals -- volunteers all.
I think, for example, of how in Page, Arizona, volunteers
rally every year to clean up the nearby Glen Canyon Recreation
Area and Navajo Reservation. Or -- how's this for a tongue-
twister? -- in Craig, Colorado, the High County Cactus Kickers
preserve archeological sites. In Lilburn, Georgia, -year-old
Vanessa Cline is passing out Pride In America brochures to "each
person in my neighborhood," she says. "I want the message to get
around." And in Kansas City, that message has moved Phillip
Mendenhall and his best friend, Nathaniel Riley, both 11 years
old, to start "The Glactia Club for Wildlife." "Glactia,"
4 this doesn make 'T scase'
Phillip writes, stands for "Giant Land Accotution for
Conservation To Interior Places in America."
Today, across America, millions of kids of every age have
gotten the "message": protecting -- and preserving -- America's
"cathedral of the outdoors." They are restocking our forests and
wildlife refuges. Helping from campgrounds to playgrounds. And
areas
in areas -- rural and urban -- where the environmental ethic and
A
personal commitment are restoring the purity of our air, and our
waters, and the beauty of our land.
For that, I thank you -- thank you for your love of ensuring the bounty
of America -- our soils, lakes, and forests, its teeming
fisheries and mineral reserves. And yet I also challenge you:
Challenge you not to rest, but to move onward, always upward, and
ensure the splendor of America.
I began with a fishing reference. And, not surprisingly,
I'd like to close with one. It concerns Mark Twain, who loved to
brag abcut his fishing exploits.
Twain once spent three weeks fishing in the Maine woods,
ignoring the fact that the state's fishing season had closed. He
had a great catch, and like all fishermen, couldn't wait to find
someone to tell all about it.
On the train back to New York, Twain got to relaxing in the
club car. And it was there that he came upon a stranger. And as
he began to describe his catch, the stranger appeared at first
unresponsive, then positively grim.
5
"By the way, who are you, sir?" Mark Twain wondered. And
the stranger answered, "I'm the state game warden. And who are
you?" With that, America's greatest writer nearly swallowed his
cigar. "Well, to be perfectly truthful, sir," he said, finally,
"I'm the biggest liar in the whole United States."
Yes, Mark Twain loved to brag. But then, he had much to
are
brag about. And so do you. For you helping to reclaim, and
recover, America's environment. For our posterity. And for our
kids.
More than 130 years ago the poet Walt Whitman said, "I hear
America singing, the varied carols I hear." Perhaps he was
talking about Big Hole River in Montana. Or Pelican Island in
Florida. Or treasures from Big Sur in California to the rocky
coast of Maine.
Today, each of you is helping America sing. Through your
caring, and sacrifice. And through deeds that are making America
a more pristine and glorious place.
To every award-recipient -- my heart-felt congratulations.
And let me leave you with these words of Irving Berlin: "From
the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam,
God bless America -- My Home Sweet Home."
God bless you, thank you for taking pride in this country,
and thank you for enriching the beauty of our good, great, and
beloved home -- the United States of America.
#
#
#
#
(Smith/Blessey)
Draft Four
July 18, 1989
PRIDE2
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
SOUTH LAWN
MONDAY, JULY 24, 1989
2:00 P.M.
Distinguished guests. Award-recipients. Fellow citizens of
what a child once called "the nearest thing to Heaven -- this
America. Lots of sunshine, lots of places to swim, and peanut
butter sandwiches."
I want to welcome you to the White House. And to a city
which takes pride in its contrariness. Only in Washington would
they call the Office that manages the great outdoors the
Department of the Interior.
In particular, I would like to thank the man who superbly
leads that Department -- Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan.
And Secretary Cavazos. And Peace Corps Director Paul Coverdell.
But most of all, each of you who have taken pride in America --
and whom we take pride in saluting now.
Last month we celebrated the volunteer spirit which is as
timeless as America, and as timely as today. For by launching
the "Thousand Points of Light Initiative," we sounded a
nationwide call for each American to enlist in community service.
Well, this afternoon we renew our enlistment in the cause of
serving our national and cultural resources. And of enshrining
our parks, forests, wildlife, waters, and monuments. For the
2
great outdoors is precious, but fragile. To preserve it, we must
protect it.
Now, as you may know, I love the outdoors. Always have.
Love to hunt, hike, and raft, to go tarpin-snapping in the Keys.
Just ask the Honorary Chairman of Take Pride In America [PAUSE]
You've heard of football widows [PAUSE]
Well, Barbara
Bush often jokes that she's a fishing widow.
Seriously, Barbara loves to fish. In fact, she's the only
person I know who can read and fish at the same time [PAUSE]
forgive me, but you might call it "reading between the lines."
And you know something? Among our greatest joys has been
exploring the outdoors with our kids. And with our grandkids.
Seeing the Grand Tetons through the eyes of our ten-year-
old grandson. Or teaching our 6-year-old twin granddaughters
about the mysteries of the ocean. For it's at times like these
-- seeing the wonder in their eyes that we are overwhelmed by
nature -- when we realize, more than ever, that our children will
inherit the earth.
Today, it is for them -- America's kids -- that we have
gathered here. For we know that our pride in America is central
to their future in America. That future demands that anyone
concerned about America's quality of life must be concerned about
conservation. For America can only be as beautiful as her people
are vigilant.
You know that. And so, if you'll forgive a personal note,
did perhaps my favorite President. Over the years, I've often
3
talked about Theodore Roosevelt. A vital man, a visionary. And
one of America's greatest conservationists. It was Teddy who
called our lands and wildlife "the property of unborn
generations." And he had this to say about America's redwoods
and sequoias: They "should be kept just as we keep a great and
beautiful cathedral."
Well, that's where you come in: the winners of the Take
Pride in America Awards. Two years ago, when I hosted the first
Take Pride ceremony at the National Arboretum, there were only 38
top winners. You know this year's number? One hundred and four.
And let's not forget the other thousands of program participants
in forty-eight States. Military and Peace Corps veterans.
Eleven agencies of the Federal government. Churches and
businesses. Inner-city groups and garden clubs. Groups and
individuals -- volunteers all.
I think, for example, of how in Page, Arizona, volunteers
rally every year to clean up the nearby Glen Canyon Recreation
Area and Navajo Reservation. Or -- how's this for a tongue-
twister? -- in Craig, Colorado, the High County Cactus Kickers
preserve archeological sites. In Lilburn, Georgia, -year-old
Vanessa Cline is passing out Pride In America brochures to "each
person in my neighborhood," she says. "I want the message to get
around." And in Kansas City, that message has moved Phillip
Mendenhall and his best friend, Nathaniel Riley, both 11 years
old, to start "The Glactia Club for Wildlife." "Glactia,"
4
Phillip writes, stands for "Giant Land Accotution for
Conservation To Interior Places in America."
Today, across America, millions of kids of every age have
gotten the "message": protecting -- and preserving -- America's
"cathedral of the outdoors." They are restocking our forests and
wildlife refuges. Helping from campgrounds to playgrounds. And
in areas -- rural and urban -- where the environmental ethic and
personal commitment are restoring the purity of our air, and our
waters, and the beauty of our land.
For that, I thank you -- thank you for ensuring the bounty
of America -- our soils, lakes, and forests, its teeming
fisheries and mineral reserves. And yet I also challenge you:
Challenge you not to rest, but to move onward, always upward, and
ensure the splendor of America.
I began with a fishing reference. And, not surprisingly,
I'd like to close with one. It concerns Mark Twain, who loved to
brag about his fishing exploits.
Twain once spent three weeks fishing in the Maine woods,
ignoring the fact that the state's fishing season had closed. He
had a great catch, and like all fishermen, couldn't wait to find
someone to tell all about it.
On the train back to New York, Twain got to relaxing in the
club car. And it was there that he came upon a stranger. And as
he began to describe his catch, the stranger appeared at first
unresponsive, then positively grim.
5
"By the way, who are you, sir?" Mark Twain wondered. And
the stranger answered, "I'm the state game warden. And who are
you?" With that, America's greatest writer nearly swallowed his
cigar. "Well, to be perfectly truthful, sir," he said, finally,
"I'm the biggest liar in the whole United States."
Yes, Mark Twain loved to brag. But then, he had much to
brag about. And so do you. For you helping to reclaim, and
recover, America's environment. For our posterity. And for our
kids.
More than 130 years ago the poet Walt Whitman said, "I hear
America singing, the varied carols I hear. " Perhaps he was
talking about Big Hole River in Montana. Or Pelican Island in
Florida. Or treasures from Big Sur in California to the rocky
coast of Maine.
Today, each of you is helping America sing. Through your
caring, and sacrifice. And through deeds that are making America
a more pristine and glorious place.
To every award-recipient -- my heart-felt congratulations.
And let me leave you with these words of Irving Berlin: "From
the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam,
God bless America -- My Home Sweet Home."
God bless you, thank you for taking pride in this country,
and thank you for enriching the beauty of our good, great, and
beloved home -- the United States of America.
#
#
#
#
Document No. 055512
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 7/20/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
10:00am 7/21/89
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
ACTION FYI
CTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
\
MCCLU
SUNUNU
P
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
P
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
WINSTON
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
\
PETERSMEYER
FITZWATER
89 JUL21 21 A9: 05
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston's office with an info copy to my office by 10:00am
Friday, July 21. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Does not U8DA have a
"Take Pride" program?
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Document No. 055512
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 7/20/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
10:00am 7/21/89
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
T
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
P
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
P
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
WINSTON
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
PETERSMEYER
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston's office with an info copy to my office by 10:00am
Friday, July 21. Thank you.
10:60 68
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
1989 JUL 20 (Smith/Blessey)
Draft Four
July 18, 1989
PRIDE2
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
SOUTH LAWN
MONDAY, JULY 24, 1989
2:00 P.M.
Distinguished guests. Award-recipients. Fellow citizens of
what a child once called "the nearest thing to Heaven -- this
America. Lots of sunshine, lots of places to swim, and peanut
butter sandwiches."
I want to welcome you to the White House. And to a city
which takes pride in its contrariness. Only in Washington would
they call the Office that manages the great outdoors the
Department of the Interior.
In particular, I would like to thank the man who superbly
leads that Department -- Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan.
And Secretary Cavazos. And Peace Corps Director Paul Coverdell.
But most of all, each of you who have taken pride in America --
and whom we take pride in saluting now.
Last month we celebrated the volunteer spirit which is as
timeless as America, and as timely as today. For by launching
the "Thousand Points of Light Initiative, we sounded a
nationwide call for each American to ENGAGE enlist in community service.
Well, this afternoon we renew our enlistment ENGAGEMENT in the cause of
Nserving our national and cultural resources. And of enshrining
our parks, forests, wildlife, waters, and monuments. For the
&
I am convinced that the only way to solve our worst social
problems is through meaningful one-to-one relationships between
those in need and those who care.
2
great outdoors is precious, but fragile. To preserve it, we must
protect it.
Now, as you may know, I love the outdoors. Always have.
Love to hunt, hike, and raft, to go tarpin-snapping in the Keys.
Just ask the Honorary Chairman of Take Pride In America [PAUSE]
You've heard of football widows [PAUSE]
Well, Barbara
Bush often jokes that she's a fishing widow.
Seriously, Barbara loves to fish. In fact, she's the only
person I know who can read and fish at the same time [PAUSE]
forgive me, but you might call it "reading between the lines. "
And you know something? Among our greatest joys has been
CHILDREN
CHILDREN
exploring the outdoors with our kids. And with cur grandkids.
13
Seeing the Grand Tetons. through the eyes of our en-year-
old grandson. Or teaching our 6-year-old twin granddaughters
about the mysteries of the ocean. For it's at times like these
-- seeing the wonder in their eyes that we are overwhelmed by
nature -- when we realize, more than ever, that our children will
inherit the earth.
YOUNG PEOPLE
Today, it is for them -- America's kids -- that we have
gathered here. For we know that our pride in America is central
to their future in America. That future demands that anyone
concerned about America's quality of life must be concerned about
conservation. For America can only be as beautiful as her people
are vigilant.
You know that. And so, if you'll forgive a personal note,
did perhaps my favorite President. Over the years, I've often
3
talked about Theodore Roosevelt. A vital man, a visionary. And
one of America's greatest conservationists. It was Teddy who
called our lands and wildlife "the property of unborn
generations." And he had this to say about America's redwoods
and sequoias: They "should be kept just as we keep a great and
beautiful cathedral."
Well, that's where you come in: the winners of the Take
Pride in America Awards. Two years ago, when I hosted the first
Take Pride ceremony at the National Arboretum, there were only 38
top winners. You know this year's number? One hundred and four.
And let's not forget the other thousands of program participants
in forty-eight States. Military and Peace Corps veterans.
Eleven agencies of the Federal government. Churches and
businesses. Inner-city groups and garden clubs. Groups and
individuals -- volunteers all.
I think, for example, of how in Page, Arizona, volunteers
rally every year to clean up the nearby Glen Canyon Recreation
Area and Navajo Reservation. Or -- how's this for a tongue-
twister? -- in Craig, Colorado, the High County Cactus Kickers
preserve archeological sites. In Lilburn, Georgia, -year-old
Vanessa Cline is passing out Pride In America brochures to "each
person in my neighborhood," she says. "I want the message to get
around." And in Kansas City, that message has moved Phillip
Mendenhall and his best friend, Nathaniel Riley, both 11 years
old, to start "The Glactia Club for Wildlife." "Glactia,"
4
?
Phillip writes, stands for "Giant Land Accotution for
Conservation To Interior Places in America."
Today, across America, millions of kids of every age have
gotten the "message": protecting -- and preserving -- America's
"cathedral of the outdoors." They are restocking our forests and
wildlife refuges. Helping from campgrounds to playgrounds. And
in areas -- rural and urban -- where the environmental ethic and
personal commitment are restoring the purity of our air, and our
waters, and the beauty of our land.
For that, I thank you -- thank you for ensuring the bounty
of America -- our soils, lakes, and forests, its teeming
fisheries and mineral reserves. And yet I also challenge you:
Challenge vou not to rest, but to move onward, always upward, and
ensure the splendor of America.
I began with a fishing reference. And, not surprisingly,
I'd like to close with one. It concerns Mark Twain, who loved to
brag abcut his fishing exploits.
Twain once spent three weeks fishing in the Maine woods,
ignoring the fact that the state's fishing season had closed. He
had a great catch, and like all fishermen, couldn't wait to find
someone to tell all about it.
On the train back to New York, Twain got to relaxing in the
club car. And it was there that he came upon a stranger. And as
he began to describe his catch, the stranger appeared at first
unresponsive, then positively grim.
5
"By the way, who are you, sir?" Mark Twain wondered. And
the stranger answered, "I'm the state game warden. And who are
you?" With that, America's greatest writer nearly swallowed his
cigar. "Well, to be perfectly truthful, sir," he said, finally,
"I'm the biggest liar in the whole United States."
Yes, Mark Twain loved to brag. But then, he had much to
ARE
brag about. And so do you. For you helping to reclaim, and
recover, America's environment. For our posterity. And for our
CHILDREN
kids.
More than 130 years ago the poet Walt Whitman said, "I hear
America singing, the varied carols I hear." Perhaps he was
talking about Big Hole River in Montana. or Pelican Island in
Florida. Or treasures from Big Sur in California to the rocky
coast of Maine.
Today, each of you is helping America sing. Through your
caring, and sacrifice. And through deeds that are making America
a more pristine and glorious place.
To every award-recipient -- my heart-felt congratulations.
(TOONY
And let me leave you with these words of Irving Berlin: "From
the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam,
God bless America -- My Home Sweet Home."
God bless you, thank you for taking pride in this country,
and thank you for enriching the beauty of our good, great, and
beloved home -- the United States of America.
#
#
#
#
July 20, 1989
Memorandum to Chriss Winston
From:
Jim Pinkerton
Subject:
Take Pride In America Draft Speech
A fine speech. One comment:
pg. 2, para. 6, line 2 Instead of "perhaps my favorite
President,' which the next sentence reveals to be Theodore
Roosevelt, we suggest "one of my favorite Presidents." This
avoids conveying the impression that the President is slighting
Ronald Reagan. The preceding sentences, which speak of
"viligance," may suggest Reagan anyway to some listeners, who
will be all the more surprised when it turns out to be TR.
Although "my favorite President" is qualified by "perhaps," its
seems prudent to avoid any misunderstanding.
#
91 : Olv 12 700 68
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
89 JUL 20 P3: 56
July 20, 1989
Memorandum to Chriss Winston
From:
Jim Pinkerton P
Re:
Take Pride draft
Overall, I liked this speech a lot. I like the TR references,
the emphasis on children, and the use of Walt Whitman.
However, a couple of quibbles:
I don't think the "Glactia" thing works on pgs 3-4. I may
be dull, but I didn't really get it, and I'm not sure people
will, especially if they don't have a written text.
I also didn't like the Mark Twain story. Poaching, illegal
fishing, etc. are serious problems. I don't think I'm the only
wet blanket in the world. If the President were to relate that
tale, I predict there would be some adverse reaction.
CC: Roger Porter
Bill Roper
John Gardner
#
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
7/20/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
10:00am 7/21/89
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
WINSTON
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
PETERSMEYER
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
89 JUL 21 JUL A10 50
Winston's office with an info copy to my office by 10: 00am
Friday, July 21. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
ok with Changes
Juan
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
XZ800
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
1989 JUL 20 Smi Blessey)
Draft Four
July 18, 1989
PRIDE2
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
SOUTH LAWN
MONDAY, JULY 24, 1989
2:00 P.M.
Distinguished guests Award-recipients. Fellow citizens of
what a child once called "the nearest thing to Heaven -- this
America. Lots of sunshine, lots of places to swim, and peanut
butter sandwiches."
I want to welcome you to the White House. And to a city
which takes pride in its contrariness. Only in Washington would
they call the Office that manages the great outdoors the
Department of the Interior.
Dusgany
In particular, I would like to thank the man who superbly
2800
leads that Department -- Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan.
perminske
And Secretary Cavases. And Peace Corps Director Paul Coverdell.
Lee reenwood
And, of course,
But most of all, each of you who have taken pride in America --
$ the Mood of
and whom we take pride in saluting now.
Brothers
Last month we celebrated the volunteer spirit which is as
timeless as America, and as timely as today. For by launching
the "Thousand Points of Light Initiative," we sounded a
nationwide call for each American to enlist in community service.
Well, this afternoon we renew our enlistment in the cause of
serving our national and cultural resources. And of enshrining
our parks, forests, wildlife, waters, and monuments. For the
2
great outdoors is precious, but fragile. To preserve it, we must
protect it.
Now, as you may know, I love the outdoors. Always have.
Love to hunt, hike, and raft, to go tarpin-snapping in the Keys.
Just ask the Honorary Chairman of Take Pride In America [PAUSE]
You've heard of football widows [PAUSE]
Well, Barbara
Bush often jokes that she's a fishing widow.
Seriously, Barbara loves to fish. In fact, she's the only
person I know who can read and fish at the same time [PAUSE]
forgive me, but you might call it "reading between the lines."
And you know something? Among our greatest joys has been
exploring the outdoors with our kids. And with cur grandkids.
Seeing the Grand Tetons through the eyes cf our ten-year-
old grandson. Or teaching our 6-year-old twin granddaughters
about the mysteries of the ocean. For it's at times like these
-- seeing the wonder in their eyes that we are overwhelmed by-
nature -- when we realize, more than ever, that our children will
inherit the earth.
Today, it is for them -- America's kids -- that we have
gathered here. For we know that our pride in America is central
to their future in America. That future demands that anyone
concerned about America's quality of life must be concerned about
conservation. For America can only be as beautiful as her people
are vigilant.
You know that. And so, if you'll forgive a personal note,
did perhaps my favorite President. Over the years, I've often
3
talked about Theodore Roosevelt. A vital man, a visionary. And
one of America's greatest conservationists. It was Teddy who
called our lands and wildlife "the property of unborn
generations." And he had this to say about America's redwoods
and sequoias: They "should be kept just as we keep a great and
beautiful cathedral."
Well, that's where you come in: the winners of the Take
Pride in America Awards. Two years ago, when I hosted the first
Take Pride ceremony at the National Arboretum, there were only 38
top winners. You know this year's number? One hundred and four.
And let's not forget the other thousands of program participants
in forty-eight States. Military and Peace Corps veterans.
Eleven agencies of the Federal government. Churches and
businesses. Inner-city groups and garden clubs. Groups and
individuals -- volunteers all.
I think, for example, of how in Page, Arizona, volunteers
rally every year to clean up the nearby Glen Canyon Recreation
Area and Navajo Reservation. Or -- how's this for a tongue-
twister? -- in Craig, Colorado, the High County Cactus Kickers
preserve archeological sites. In Lilburn, Georgia, _-year-old
-
Vanessa Cline is passing out Pride In America brochures to "each
person in my neighborhood," she says. "I want the message to get
around." And in Kansas City, that message has moved Phillip
Mendenhall and his best friend, Nathaniel Riley, both 11 years
old, to start "The Glactia Club for Wildlife." "Glactia,"
4
Phillip writes, stands for "Giant Land Accotution for
Conservation To Interior Places in America."
Today, across America, millions of kids of every age have
gotten the "message": protecting -- and preserving -- America's
"cathedral of the outdoors." They are restocking our forests and
wildlife refuges. Helping from campgrounds to playgrounds. And
in areas -- rural and urban -- where the environmental ethic and
personal commitment are restoring the purity of our air, and our
waters, and the beauty of our land.
For that, I thank you -- thank you for ensuring the bounty
of America -- our soils, lakes, and forests, its teeming
fisheries and mineral reserves. And yet I also challenge you:
Challenge you not to rest, but to move onward, always upward, and
ensure the splendor of America.
I began with a fishing reference. And, not surprisingly,
I'd like to close with one. It concerns Mark Twain, who loved to
brag abcut his fishing exploits.
Twain once spent three weeks fishing in the Maine woods,
ignoring the fact that the state's fishing season had closed. He
had a great catch, and like all fishermen, couldn't wait to find
someone to tell all about it.
On the train back to New York, Twain got to relaxing in the
club car. And it was there that he came upon a stranger. And as
he began tc describe his catch, the stranger appeared at first
unresponsive, then positively grim.
5
"By the way, who are you, sir?" Mark Twain wondered. And
the stranger answered, "I'm the state game warden. And who are
you?" With that, America's greatest writer nearly swallowed his
cigar. "Well, to be perfectly truthful, sir," he said, finally,
"I'm the biggest liar in the whole United States."
Yes, Mark Twain loved to brag. But then, he had much to
brag about. And so do you. For you helping to reclaim, and
recover, America's environment. For our posterity. And for our
kids.
More than 130 years ago the poet Walt Whitman said, "I hear
America singing, the varied carols I hear." Perhaps he was
talking about Big Hole River in Montana. Or Pelican Island in
Florida. Or treasures from Big Sur in California to the rocky
coast of Maine.
Today, each of you is helping America sing. Through your
caring, and sacrifice. And through deeds that are making America
a more pristine and glorious place.
To every award-recipient -- my heart-felt congratulations.
And let me leave you with these words of Irving Berlin: "From
the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam,
God bless America -- My Home Sweet Home."
God bless you, thank you for taking pride in this country,
and thank you for enriching the beauty of our good, great, and
beloved home -- the United States of America.
# # # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 21, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Take Pride In America
The draft is well written and creates many nice images.
The speech should go over well at what should be a great event.
We have no suggested changes from a policy standpoint and
approve of the draft in its present form.
CC: James W. Cicconi
89 JUL 21 All 37
Document No. 055512
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 7/20/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
10:00am 7/21/89
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
P
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
WINSTON
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
PETERSMEYER
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston's office with an info copy to my office by 10:00am
Friday, July 21. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
1909 JUL 20
Smith/Blessey)
Draft Four
July 18, 1989
PRIDE2
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
SOUTH LAWN
MONDAY, JULY 24, 1989
2:00 P.M.
Distinguished guests. Award-recipients. Fellow citizens of
what a child once called "the nearest thing to Heaven -- this
America. Lots of sunshine, lots of places to swim, and peanut
butter sandwiches."
I want to welcome you to the White House. And to a city
which takes pride in its contrariness. Only in Washington would
they call the Office that manages the great outdoors the
Department of the Interior.
In particular, I would like to thank the man who superbly
leads that Department -- Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan.
And Secretary Cavazos. And Peace Corps Director Paul Coverdell.
But most of all, each of you who have taken pride in America --
and whom we take pride in saluting now.
Last month we celebrated the volunteer spirit which is as
timeless as America, and as timely as today. For by launching
the "Thousand Points of Light Initiative," we sounded a
nationwide call for each American to enlist in community service.
Well, this afternoon we renew our enlistment in the cause of
serving our national and cultural resources. And of enshrining
our parks, forests, wildlife, waters, and monuments. For the
2
great outdoors is precious, but fragile. To preserve it, we must
protect it.
Now, as you may know, I love the outdoors. Always have.
Love to hunt, hike, and raft, to go tarpin-snapping in the Keys.
Just ask the Honorary Chairman of Take Pride In America [PAUSE]
You've heard of football widows [PAUSE]
Well, Barbara
Bush often jokes that she's a fishing widow.
Seriously, Barbara loves to fish. In fact, she's the only
person I know who can read and fish at the same time [PAUSE]
forgive me, but you might call it "reading between the lines."
And you know something? Among our greatest joys has been
exploring the outdoors with our kids. And with our grandkids.
Seeing the Grand Tetons through the eyes of our ten-year-
old grandson. Or teaching our 6-year-old twin granddaughters
about the mysteries of the ocean. For it's at times like these
-- seeing the wonder in their eyes that we are overwhelmed by.
nature -- when we realize, more than ever, that our children will
inherit the earth.
Today, it is for them -- America's kids -- that we have
gathered here. For we know that our pride in America is central
to their future in America. That future demands that anyone
concerned about America's quality of life must be concerned about
conservation. For America can only be as beautiful as her people
are vigilant.
You know that. And so, if you'll forgive a personal note,
did perhaps my favorite President. Over the years, I've often
3
talked about Theodore Roosevelt. A vital man, a visionary. And
one of America's greatest conservationists. It was Teddy who
called our lands and wildlife "the property of unborn
generations." And he had this to say about America's redwoods
and sequoias: They "should be kept just as we keep a great and
beautiful cathedral."
Well, that's where you come in: the winners of the Take
Pride in America Awards. Two years ago, when I hosted the first
Take Pride ceremony at the National Arboretum, there were only 38
top winners. You know this year's number? One hundred and four.
And let's not forget the other thousands of program participants
in forty-eight States. Military and Peace Corps veterans.
Eleven agencies of the Federal government. Churches and
businesses. Inner-city groups and garden clubs. Groups and
individuals -- volunteers all.
I think, for example, of how in Page, Arizona, volunteers
rally every year to clean up the nearby Glen Canyon Recreation
Area and Navajo Reservation. Or -- how's this for a tongue-
twister? -- in Craig, Colorado, the High County Cactus Kickers
preserve archeological sites. In Lilburn, Georgia, _-year-old
Vanessa Cline is passing out Pride In America brochures to "each
person in my neighborhood," she says. "I want the message to get
around." And in Kansas City, that message has moved Phillip
Mendenhall and his best friend, Nathaniel Riley, both 11 years
old, to start "The Glactia Club for Wildlife." "Glactia,"
4
Phillip writes, stands for "Giant Land Accotution for
Conservation To Interior Places in America."
Today, across America, millions of kids of every age have
gotten the "message": protecting -- and preserving -- America's
"cathedral of the cutdoors." They are restocking our forests and
wildlife refuges. Helping from campgrounds to playgrounds. And
in areas -- rural and urban -- where the environmental ethic and
personal commitment are restoring the purity of our air, and our
waters, and the beauty of our land.
For that, I thank you -- thank you for ensuring the bounty
of America -- our soils, lakes, and forests, its teeming
fisheries and mineral reserves. And yet I also challenge you:
Challenge you not to rest, but to move onward, always upward, and
ensure the splendor of America.
I began with a fishing reference. And, not surprisingly,
I'd like to close with one. It concerns Mark Twain, who loved to
brag abcut his fishing exploits.
Twain once spent three weeks fishing in the Maine woods,
ignoring the fact that the state's fishing season had closed. He
had a great catch, and like all fishermen, couldn't wait to find
someone to tell all about it.
On the train back to New York, Twain got to relaxing in the
club car. And it was there that he came upon a stranger. And as
he began tc describe his catch, the stranger appeared at first
unresponsive, then positively grim.
5
"By the way, who are you, sir?" Mark Twain wondered. And
the stranger answered, "I'm the state game warden. And who are
you?" With that, America's greatest writer nearly swallowed his
cigar. "Well, to be perfectly truthful, sir," he said, finally,
"I'm the biggest liar in the whole United States."
Yes, Mark Twain loved to brag. But then, he had much to
brag about. And so do you. For you helping to reclaim, and
recover, America's environment. For our posterity. And for our
kids.
More than 130 years ago the poet Walt Whitman said, "I hear
America singing, the varied carols I hear." Perhaps he was
talking about Big Hole River in Montana. Or Pelican Island in
Florida. Or treasures from Big Sur in California to the rocky
coast of Maine.
Today, each of you is helping America sing. Through your
caring, and sacrifice. And through deeds that are making America
a more pristine and glorious place.
To every award-recipient -- my heart-felt congratulations.
And let me leave you with these words of Irving Berlin: "From
the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam,
God bless America -- My Home Sweet Home."
God bless you, thank you for taking pride in this country,
and thank you for enriching the beauty of our good, great, and
beloved home -- the United States of America.
#
#
#
#
Document No. 055512
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
7/20/89
89 21 P1:46
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
10:00am 7/21/89
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
D
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
WINSTON
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
PETERSMEYER
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston's office with an info copy to my office by 10:00am
Friday, July 21. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
See Commails 7/21/89
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
1989 JUL 20 Smi h/Blessey)
Draft Four
July 18, 1989
PRIDE2
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
SOUTH LAWN
MONDAY, JULY 24, 1989
2:00 P.M.
Distinguished guests. Award-recipients. Fellow citizens of
what a child once called "the nearest thing to Heaven -- this
America. Lots of sunshine, lots of places to swim, and peanut
butter sandwiches."
I want to welcome you to the White House. And to a city
which takes pride in its contrariness. Only in Washington would
they call the Office that manages the great outdoors the
Department of the Interior.
In particular, I would like to thank the man who superbly
(VP?)
leads that Department -- Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan.
See. Derwinski
And Secretary Cavazos. And Peace Corps Director Paul Coverdell. NOT on
Dias
But most of all, each of you who have taken pride in America --
and whom we take pride in saluting now.
Last month we celebrated the volunteer spirit which is as
timeless as America, and as timely as today. For by launching
the "Thousand Points of Light Initiative," we sounded a
nationwide call for each American to enlist in community service.
Well, this afternoon we renew our enlistment in the cause of
serving our national and cultural resources. And of enshrining
our parks, forests, wildlife, waters, and monuments. For the
Elaine Chao - Dep. p.r. Trans
Greg. Reters mayer.
Jane Kenney - Dir. Action Designate
Rady
Govy Perpich - minnesota
2
great outdoors is precious, but fragile. To preserve it, we must
protect it.
Now, as you may know, I love the outdoors. Always have.
Love to hunt, hike, and raft, to go tarpin-snapping in the Keys
She
was
Blue
Just ask the Honorary Chairman of Take Pride In America [PAUSE]
Ribbon
You've heard of football widows [PAUSE]
Pangl
...
Well, Barbara
Judg
Bush often jokes that she's a fishing widow.
Seriously, Barbara loves to fish. In fact, she's the only
person I know who can read and fish at the same time [PAUSE]
forgive me, but you might call it "reading between the lines."
And you know something? Among our greatest joys has been
exploring the outdoors with our kids. And with our grandkids.
Seeing the Grand Tetons through the eyes of our ten-year-
old grandson. Or teaching our 6-year-old twin granddaughters
about the mysteries of the ocean. For it's at times like these
-- seeing the wonder in their eyes that we are overwhelmed by
nature -- when we realize, more than ever, that our children will
inherit the earth.
Today, it is for them -- America's kids -- that we have
gathered here. For we know that our pride in America is central
to their future in America. That future demands that anyone
concerned about America's quality of life must be concerned about
conservation. For America can only be as beautiful as her people
are vigilant.
You know that. And so, if you'll forgive a personal note,
did perhaps my favorite President. Over the years, I've often
3
talked about Theodore Roosevelt. A vital man, a visionary. And
one of America's greatest conservationists. It was Teddy who
called our lands and wildlife "the property of unborn
generations." And he had this to say about America's redwoods
and sequoias: They "should be kept just as we keep a great and
beautiful cathedral."
Well, that's where you come in: the winners of the Take
Pride in America Awards. Two years ago, when I hosted the first
Take Pride ceremony at the National Arboretum, there were only 38
top winners. You know this year's number? One hundred and four.
And let's not forget the other thousands of program participants
in forty-eight States. Military and Peace Corps veterans.
Eleven agencies of the Federal government. Churches and
businesses. Inner-city groups and garden clubs. Groups and
individuals -- volunteers all.
I think, for example, of how in Page, Arizona, volunteers
rally every year to clean up the nearby Glen Canyon Recreation
Area and Navajo Reservation. Or -- how's this for a tongue-
twister? -- in Craig, Colorado, the High County Country Cactus Kickers
preserve archeological sites. In Lilburn, Georgia, -year-old
-
Vanessa Cline is passing out Pride In America brochures to "each
person in my neighborhood," she says. "I want the message to get
around." And in Kansas City, that message has moved Phillip
Mendenhall and his best friend, Nathaniel Riley, both 11 years
old, to start "The Glactia Club for Wildlife." "Glactia,"
4
Phillip writes, stands for "Giant Land Accotution for
Conservation To Interior Places in America."
Today, across America, millions of kids of every age have
gotten the "message": protecting -- and preserving -- America's
"cathedral of the outdoors." They are restocking our forests and
wildlife refuges. Helping from campgrounds to playgrounds. And
in areas -- rural and urban -- where the environmental ethic and
personal commitment are restoring the purity of our air, and our
waters, and the beauty of our land.
For that, I thank you -- thank you for ensuring the bounty
of America -- our soils, lakes, and forests, its teeming
fisheries and mineral reserves. And yet I also challenge you:
Challenge you not to rest, but to move onward, always upward, and
ensure the splendor of America.
I began with a fishing reference. And, not surprisingly,
I'd like to close with one. It concerns Mark Twain, who loved to
brag abcut his fishing exploits.
Twain once spent three weeks fishing in the Maine woods,
ignoring the fact that the state's fishing season had closed. He
had a great catch, and like all fishermen, couldn't wait to find
someone to tell all about it.
On the train back to New York, Twain got to relaxing in the
club car. And it was there that he came upon a stranger. And as
he began tc describe his catch, the stranger appeared at first
unresponsive, then positively grim.
5
"By the way, who are you, sir?" Mark Twain wondered. And
the stranger answered, "I'm the state game warden. And who are
you?" With that, America's greatest writer nearly swallowed his
cigar. "Well, to be perfectly truthful, sir," he said, finally,
"I'm the biggest liar in the whole United States."
Yes, Mark Twain loved to brag. But then, he had much to
brag about. And so do you. For you you helping to reclaim, and
recover, America's environment. For our posterity. And for our
kids.
More than 130 years ago the poet Walt Whitman said, "I hear
America singing, the varied carols I hear." Perhaps he was
talking about Big Hole River in Montana. Or Pelican Island in
Florida. or treasures from Big Sur in California to the rocky
coast of Maine.
Today, each of you is helping America sing. Through your
caring, and sacrifice. And through deeds that are making America
a more pristine and glorious place.
To every award-recipient -- my heart-felt congratulations.
And let me leave you with these words of Irving Berlin: "From
the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam,
God bless America -- My Home Sweet Home."
God bless you, thank you for taking pride in this country,
and thank you for enriching the beauty of our good, great, and
beloved home -- the United States of America.
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#
Document No. 055512
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 7/20/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
10:00am 7/21/89
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
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MCCLURE
SUNUNU
P
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
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UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
WINSTON
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
PETERSMEYER
FITZWATER
68
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
JUL 21 P2: to
Please provide your comments/recommendations directly Chriss
Winston's office with an info copy to my office by 10:00am
Friday, July 21. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Smb
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
1989 JUL 20 Smith/Blessey)
Draft Four
July 18, 1989
PRIDE2
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
SOUTH LAWN
MONDAY, JULY 24, 1989
2:00 P.M.
Distinguished guests. Award-recipients. Fellow citizens of
what a child once called "the nearest thing to Heaven -- this
America. Lots of sunshine, lots of places to swim, and peanut
butter sandwiches."
I want to welcome you to the White House. And to a city
which takes pride in its contrariness. Only in Washington would
they call the Office that manages the great outdoors the
Department of the Interior.
In particular, I would like to thank the man who superbly
leads that Department -- Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan.
And Secretary Cavazos. And Peace Corps Director Paul Coverdell.
But most of all, each of you who have taken pride in America --
and whom we take pride in saluting now.
Last month we celebrated the volunteer spirit which is as
timeless as America, and as timely as today. For by launching
the "Thousand Points of Light Initiative," we sounded a
nationwide call for each American to enlist in community service.
Well, this afternoon we renew our enlistment in the cause of
serving our national and cultural resources. And of enshrining
our parks, forests, wildlife, waters, and monuments. For the
2
great outdoors is precious, but fragile. To preserve it, we must
protect it.
Now, as you may know, I love the outdoors. Always have.
Love to hunt, hike, and raft, to go tarpin-snapping in the Keys.
Just ask the Honorary Chairman of Take Pride In America [PAUSE]
You've heard of football widows [PAUSE]
Well, Barbara
Bush often jokes that she's a fishing widow.
Seriously, Barbara loves to fish. In fact, she's the only
person I know who can read and fish at the same time [PAUSE]
forgive me, but you might call it "reading between the lines."
And you know something? Among our greatest joys has been
exploring the outdoors with our filder kids. And with cur grandkids.
children
Seeing the Grand Tetons through the eyes of our 13 ten-year-
old grandson. Or teaching our 6-year-old twin granddaughters
about the mysteries of the ocean. For it's at times like these
-- seeing the wonder in their eyes that we are overwhelmed by
nature -- when we realize, more than ever, that our children will
inherit the earth.
Today, it is for them -- America's kids -- that we have
gathered here. For we know that our pride in America is central
to their future in America. That future demands that anyone
concerned about America's quality of life must be concerned about
conservation. For America can only be as beautiful as her people
are vigilant.
You know that. And so, if you'll forgive a personal note,
did perhaps my favorite President Over the years, I've often
why is RR not his favorite?!!
3
talked about Theodore Roosevelt. A vital man, a visionary. And
one of America's greatest conservationists. It was Teddy who
called our lands and wildlife "the property of unborn
generations." And he had this to say about America's redwoods
and sequoias: They "should be kept just as we keep a great and
beautiful cathedral."
Well, that's where you come in: the winners of the Take
Pride in America Awards. Two years ago, when I hosted the first
Take Pride ceremony at the National Arboretum, there were only 38
top winners. You know this year's number? One hundred and four.
And let's not forget the other thousands of program participants
in forty-eight States. Military and Peace Corps veterans.
Eleven agencies of the Federal government. Churches and
businesses. Inner-city groups and garden clubs. Groups and
individuals -- volunteers all.
I think, for example, of how in Page, Arizona, volunteers
rally every year to clean up the nearby Glen Canyon Recreation
Area and Navajo Reservation. Or -- how's this for a tongue-
twister? -- in Craig, Colorado, the High County Cactus Kickers
preserve archeological sites. In Lilburn, Georgia, -year-old
Vanessa Cline is passing out Pride In America brochures to "each
person in my neighborhood," she says. "I want the message to get
around." And in Kansas City, that message has moved Phillip
Mendenhall and his best friend, Nathaniel Riley, both 11 years
old, to start "The Glactia Club for Wildlife." "Glactia,"
4
Phillip writes, stands for "Giant Land Accotution for
Conservation To Interior Places in America."
Today, across America, millions of kids of every age have
gotten the "message": protecting -- and preserving -- America's
"cathedral of the outdoors." They are restocking our forests and
wildlife refuges. Helping from campgrounds to playgrounds. And
in areas -- rural and urban -- where the environmental ethic and
personal commitment are restoring the purity of our air, and our
waters, and the beauty of our land.
For that, I thank you -- thank you for ensuring the bounty
of America -- our soils, lakes, and forests, its teeming
fisheries and mineral reserves. And yet I also challenge you:
Challenge vou not to rest, but to move onward, always upward, and
ensure the splendor of America.
I began with a fishing reference. And, not surprisingly,
I'd like to close with one. It concerns Mark Twain, who loved to
brag abcut his fishing exploits.
Twain once spent three weeks fishing in the Maine woods,
ignoring the fact that the state's fishing season had closed. He
had a great catch, and like all fishermen, couldn't wait to find
someone to tell all about it.
On the train back to New York, Twain got to relaxing in the
club car. And it was there that he came upon a stranger. And as
he began to describe his catch, the stranger appeared at first
unresponsive, then positively grim.
5
"By the way, who are you, sir?" Mark Twain wondered. And
the stranger answered, "I'm the state game warden. And who are
you?" With that, America's greatest writer nearly swallowed his
cigar. "Well, to be perfectly truthful, sir," he said, finally,
"I'm the biggest liar in the whole United States."
Yes, Mark Twain loved to brag. But then, he had much to
brag about. And so do you. For you helping to reclaim, and
recover, America's environment. For our posterity. And for our
kids.
More than 130 years ago the poet Walt Whitman said, "I hear
America singing, the varied carols I hear." Perhaps he was
talking about Big Hole River in Montana. Or Pelican Island in
Florida. Or treasures from Big Sur in California to the rocky
coast of Maine.
Today, each of you is helping America sing. Through your
caring, and sacrifice. And through deeds that are making America
a more pristine and glorious place.
To every award-recipient -- my heart-felt congratulations.
And let me leave you with these words of Irving Berlin: "From
the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam,
God bless America -- My Home Sweet Home."
God bless you, thank you for taking pride in this country,
and thank you for enriching the beauty of our good, great, and
beloved home -- the United States of America.
#
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 21, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON 1011
FROM:
BRENT O. HATCH
Associate Counsel to the President
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Take Pride in America
This is to confirm our telephone call to your office this
morning, that the Counsel's office has no legal objections to the
above-referenced draft.
CC: James W. Cicconi
89 JUL 21 P2: 26
Document No. 055512
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
7/20/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
10:00am 7/21/89
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
9:45am
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
WINSTON
CARD
ROGERS out of town
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
PETERSMEYER
FITZWATER
GRAY TWC phone
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HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston's office with an info copy to my office by 10:00am
Friday, July 21. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
1909 JUL 20 (Smith/Blessey)
Draft Four
July 18, 1989
PRIDE2
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA
SOUTH LAWN
MONDAY, JULY 24, 1989
2:00 P.M.
Distinguished guests. Award-recipients. Fellow citizens of
what a child once called "the nearest thing to Heaven -- this
America. Lots of sunshine, lots of places to swim, and peanut
butter sandwiches."
I want to welcome you to the White House. And to a city
which takes pride in its contrariness. Only in Washington would
they call the Office that manages the great outdoors the
Department of the Interior.
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In particular, I would like to thank the man who superbly
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leads that Department -- Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan.
And Secretary Dovinske Cavazos. And Peace Corps Director Paul Coverdell.
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But most of all, each of you who have taken pride in America --
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and whom we take pride in saluting now.
Last month we celebrated the volunteer spirit which is as
timeless as America, and as timely as today. For by launching
the Thousand Points of Light Initiative, we sounded a
nationwide call for each American to enlist engage in community service.
that call
Well, this afternoon we renew our enlistment in the cause of
serving our national and cultural resources. And of enshrining
our parks, forests, wildlife, waters, and monuments. For the
2
great outdoors is precious, but fragile. To preserve it, we must
protect it.
Now, as you may know, I love the outdoors. Always have.
Love to hunt, hike, and raft, to go tarpin-snapping in the Keys.
check
Just ask the Honorary Chairman of Take Pride In America [PAUSE]
You've heard of football widows [PAUSE]
Well, Barbara
Bush often jokes that she's a fishing widow.
Seriously, Barbara loves to fish. In fact, she's the only
person I know who can read and fish at the same time [PAUSE]
forgive me, but you might call it "reading between the lines. "
And you know something? Among our greatest joys has been
exploring the outdoors with our kids. And with cur grandkids.
thirteen
Seeing the Grand Tetons through the eyes of our ten-year-
old grandson. Or teaching our 6-year-old twin granddaughters
about the mysteries of the ocean. For it's at times like these
-- seeing the wonder in their eyes that we are overwhelmed by
nature -- when we realize, more than ever, that our children will
inherit the earth.
children
Today, it is for them -- America's kids -- that we have
gathered here. For we know that our pride in America is central
to their future in America. That future demands that anyone
concerned about America's quality of life must be concerned about
conservation. For America can only be as beautiful as her people
are vigilant.
did one of my
You know that. And so, if you'll forgive a personal note,
did perhaps my favorite President Over the years, I've often
3
talked about Theodore Roosevelt. A vital man, a visionary. And
one of America's greatest conservationists. It was Teddy who
called our lands and wildlife "the property of unborn
generations." And he had this to say about America's redwoods
and sequoias: They "should be kept just as we keep a great and
beautiful cathedral."
Well, that's where you come in: the winners of the Take
Pride in America Awards. Two years ago, when I hosted the first
Take Pride ceremony at the National Arboretum, there were only 38
top winners. You know this year's number? One hundred and four.
And let's not forget the other thousands of program participants
in forty-eight States. Military and Peace Corps veterans.
Eleven agencies of the Federal government. Churches and
businesses. Inner-city groups and garden clubs. Groups and
individuals -- volunteers all.
I think, for example, of how in Page, Arizona, volunteers
rally every year to clean up the nearby Glen Canyon Recreation
Area and Navajo Reservation. Or -- how's this for a tongue-
twister? -- in Craig, Colorado, the High County Cactus Kickers
preserve archeological sites. In Lilburn, Georgia, -year-old
Vanessa Cline is passing out Pride In America brochures to "each
person in my neighborhood," she says. "I want the message to get
around." And in Kansas City, that message has moved Phillip
Mendenhall and his best friend, Nathaniel Riley, both 11 years
old, to start "The Glaetia Club for Wildlife. "Glactia,"
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Conservation To Interior Places in America."
Today, across America, millions of kids of every age have
gotten the "message": protecting -- and preserving -- America's
"cathedral of the outdoors." They are restocking our forests and
wildlife refuges. Helping areas from campgrounds to playgrounds. And
in areas rural and urban where the environmental ethic and
personal commitment are restoring the purity of our air, and our
waters, and the beauty of our land.
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For that, I thank you -- thank you for ensuring the bounty
of America -- our soils, lakes, and forests, its teeming
fisheries and mineral reserves. And yet I also challenge you:
Challenge vou not to rest, but to move onward, always upward, and
ensure the splendor of America.
I began with a fishing reference. And, not surprisingly,
I'd like to close with one. It concerns Mark Twain, who loved to
brag abcut his fishing exploits.
Twain once spent three weeks fishing in the Maine woods,
ignoring the fact that the state's fishing season had closed. He
had a great catch, and like all fishermen, couldn't wait to find
someone to tell all about it.
On the train back to New York, Twain got to relaxing in the
club car. And it was there that he came upon a stranger. And as
he began to describe his catch, the stranger appeared at first
unresponsive, then positively grim.
5
"By the way, who are you, sir?" Mark Twain wondered. And
the stranger answered, "I'm the state game warden. And who are
you?" With that, America's greatest writer nearly swallowed his
cigar. "Well, to be perfectly truthful, sir," he said, finally,
"I'm the biggest liar in the whole United States."
Yes, Mark Twain loved to brag. But then, he had much to
are
brag about. And so do you. For you helping to reclaim, and
recover, America's environment. For our posterity. And for our
children
kids.
More than 130 years ago the poet Walt Whitman said, "I hear
America singing, the varied carols I hear.' Perhaps he was
talking about Big Hole River in Montana. Or Pelican Island in
Florida. Or treasures from B.ig Sur in California to the rocky
coast of Maine.
Today, each of you is helping America sing. Through your
caring, and sacrifice. And through deeds that are making America
a more pristine and glorious place.
To every award-recipient -- my heart-felt congratulations.
And let me leave you with these words of Irving Berlin: "From
the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam,
God bless America -- My Home Sweet Home."
God bless you, thank you for taking pride in this country,
and thank you for enriching the beauty of our good, great, and
beloved home -- the United States of America.
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