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Press Release, Speech of President Harry S. Truman at The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas
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Press Release, Speech of President Harry S. Truman at The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT AT THE ALAMO,
3.
TRUMAL
"NATIONAL
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
ARCHIVES AND
RECORDS
SERVICE"
SEPTEMBER 26, 1948, 2.35 PM CST
Mr. Mayor, the Governor of Texas, and distinguished guests:
I
appreciate the privilege today of spending Sunday in San Antonio.
I had the opportunity this morning to attend the services in
the First Baptist Church, and I have this afternoon been taken on a
sight-seeing tour of the old Governor's Palace and to the Alamo.
I
have been through the Alamo before, but I never had so able a guide
as I had today. There were a great many things that I was not
familiar with.
This, of course, stands as one of the historic monuments of
the world, a monument to heroism, a monument to the fight for liberty
all over the world.
The one ambition that I have is to see a peaceful, , happy
world. If that can't be accomplished, there is nothing else worth
while.
I wish I were in a position today to discuss a great many
things with you, but I have made it a rule during my whole political
life not to make speeches or otherwise on the Sabbath. Therefore,
I am merely thanking you for a most pleasant day in San Antonio, and
I hope some time or other I may be able to come back here and talk
to you freely and frankly from the shoulder.
Thankyou very much.
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