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The original documents are located in Box 6, folder "2/15/75 - A Bicentennial Declaration"
of the President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford
Presidential Library.
Copyright Notice
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Digitized from Box 6 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN def.
"A BICENTENNIAL DECLARATION"
FEBRUARY 15, 1975
- 1 -
I AM PLEASED TO HELP LAUNCH THIS PROGRAM TONIGHT
...
ON HOW BEST TO CELEBRATE OUR NATION'S TWO HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY.
THE CONCEPT OF A "BICENTENNIAL DECLARATION," WHICH
IS SUPPORTED BY AMERICANS FROM MANY WALKS OF LIFE, SUGGESTS
THAT THE BIRTHDAY PARTY WE ARE PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR SHOULD
LAUNCH A PERIOD OF ACHIEVEMENT BEYOND 1976.
THIS CHALLENGE SPEAKS TO ALL OF US, BECAUSE THERE
CAN BE NO BETTER WAY TO HONOR THE PAST
THAN BY WORKING
TO IMPROVE THE FUTURE.
- 2 -
THE PERIOD OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION REMINDS US
AS A PEOPLE OF HOW DIFFICULT PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED THROUGH
HARD WORK AND UNITY.
BY LOOKING BACK AT OUR HISTORY,
WE SHOULD BE INSPIRED TO NOT ONLY SOLVE OUR PRESENT PROBLEMS
BUT TO LOOK NOW TOWARD LONG-RANGE SOLUTIONS
...
AND TOWARD
A GREATER AMERICA BEFORE THE END OF THIS CENTURY.
- 3 -
DURING THE HISTORY OF THE NATION, AMERICANS HAVE
TRANSLATED IDEALS INTO WORKING REALITIES
...
AND IN THE PROCESS,
THEY HAVE MADE THE GREAT EXPERIMENT OF DEMOCRACY WORK.
WE CAN DO NO LESS.
TONIGHT, LET US RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO THE IDEALS
ON WHICH THIS NATION WAS FOUNDED THROUGH "A BICENTENNIAL
DECLARATION."
END OF TEXT
CLEARANCE FORM FOR PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH MATERIAL
TO:
THE PRESIDENT
VIA:
ROBERT HARTMANN
FROM:
PAUL A. THEIS
SUBJECT:
Presidential videotape message to open
program on "A Bicentennial Declaration"
TIME, DATE AND PLACE OF PRESIDENTIAL USE: to
be shown on closed circuit television, February 20, 1975
SPEECHWRITER: Kaye Pullen
EDITED BY: Theis
BASIC RESEARCH/SPEECH MATERIAL SUPPLIED BY:
Dick Lukstadt
CLEARED BY (Please initial):
(X) OPERATIONS (Rumsfeld)
(x) (X) CONGRESSIONAL/PUBLIC PRESS (Nessen) BHN LIAISON (Marsh) Im
( ) LEGAL (Buchen)
( ) ECONOMIC POLICY BOARD (Seidman)
( ) OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (Lynn)
( ) DOMESTIC COUNCIL (Cole)
( ) NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL (Scowcroft)
(X) RESEARCH (Waldron) AW
(X) OTHER Dick Lukstadt emo
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