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The original documents are located in Box 2, folder "1/30/76 - Horizons on Display" of the
Carla A. Hills Speeches at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 2 of the Carla A. Hills Speeches at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FINAL
HORIZONS ON DISPLAY
JANUARY 30, 1976
GOOD MORNING.
IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO FIND A MORE VIVID EXAMPLE OF
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IN ACTION THAN THE BICENTENNIAL PROGRAM
WE CELEBRATE HERE TODAY,
HORIZONS ON DISPLAY IS A DOWN-TO-EARTH VENTURE -- IN
THE LITERAL SENSE -- INTO THE FUTURE OF OUR NATIONAL LIFE,
FORGED IN STRENGTH TO THE ENDURING IDEAL OF THE LIVING
AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
WE CELEBRATE THE INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF A PEOPLE,
WELDED TOGETHER BY A SENSE OF COMMUNITY -- AND A COMMUNITY
OF INTERESTS IN PRESERVING AND BUILDING OUR COUNTRY FOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS: THOSE, FOR WHOM WE HOLD THE TREASURES
OF OUR BELOVED LAND IN SACRED TRUST.
So, IT IS MY HONOR TO WELCOME YOU WHO REPRESENT THE
200 HORIZON SITES IN ALL PARTS OF THE NATION, THAT STAND
AS LIVING EXAMPLES OF THE WAY THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY MEETS
ITS RESPONSIBILITIES.
GERALD LIBRARY a FORD
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I THANK YOU FOR GIVING TO THIS NATION ITS MOST PRECIOUS
BIRTHDAY GIFT -- TANGIBLE EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE THE
IMAGINATION, THE INITIATIVE, AND THE INSPIRATION TO SOLVE
THE PROBLEMS WHICH FACE US, IN ORDER TO ENRICH THE QUALITY
OF LIFE FOR ALL AMERICANS.
I ALSO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE TODAY
-- AS I SALUTE ALL OF THE MORE THAN 1,200 COMMUNITY SITE
PROJECTS THAT WERE NOMINATED FOR INCLUSION IN THE HORIZONS
ON DISPLAY PROGRAM.
You WHO ARE HERE REPRESENT NOT ONLY THE 200 HORIZON
SITES, BUT ALSO THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DEDICATED
CITIZENS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO AND CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE
TO ALL 1,200 PROJECTS NOMINATED FOR INCLUSION IN THIS
HISTORIC PROGRAM -- AND THERE WILL BE MORE.
INDEED, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ANY COMMUNITY
IN AMERICA, TODAY -- LARGE OR SMALL, RURAL, URBAN OR
SUBURBAN -- THAT IS NOT ATTUNED TO THE VASTLY COMPLICATED
PROBLEMS OF 21st CENTURY LIVING, AND IS NOT ENGAGED IN
FINDING REALISTIC SOLUTIONS TO THOSE PROBLEMS AS THEY
DIRECTLY AFFECT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.
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EACH AND EVERY PROJECT THAT THEY -- AND YOU -- UNDERTAKE
TO BETTER THE QUALITY OF COMMUNITY LIFE, TODAY -- BECOMES A
"LIVING LABORATORY" FOR A PROGRAM OR IDEA THAT MAY SHAPE THE
COMMUNITY LIFE STYLE OF TOMORROW.
THE HERITAGE THEME OF THE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATES OUR
HISTORY, THE FESTIVAL THEME CALLS ATTENTION TO OUR 200TH
BIRTHDAY, AND THE HORIZONS THEME OF THE BICENTENNIAL
EMPHASIZES OUR CONTINUING CAPACITY AS A NATION TO MEET THE
CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE,
THUS, OUR BICENTENNIAL PROGRAM SEEKS, NOT ONLY TO HONOR
COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AS AN HISTORIC FORCE IN THE UNIQUE
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS FREE LAND, BUT TO INSPIRE EVEN GREATER
FUTURE ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH ITS LIVING EXAMPLE --- IN
COMMUNITY PLANNING, LAND USE, HOUSING TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH
AND EDUCATION, ENERGY CONSERVATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
RECREATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND, ABOVE ALL, IN THE PERSONAL
INVOLVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES.
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THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF INVOLVED AMERICAN CITIZENS
WHOM YOU, HERE, REPRESENT ARE THE MESSAGE OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION -- A REVOLUTION THAT WILL END ONLY WHEN THE
PEOPLE OF THIS NATION CEASE THEIR CAMPAIGN TOWARD EXCELLENCE
AND THEIR EFFORTS TO MEET TODAY'S PROBLEMS WITH SOLUTIONS
GEARED TO THE REALITIES AND THE NEEDS OF TOMORROW,
AND BECAUSE AMERICA, IN TURN, IS A LEADER IN THE
COMMUNITY OF THE WORLD -- HOW WE MEET OUR OWN COMMUNITY
CHALLENGES WILL CONTINUE TO REFLECT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE
ON THE PLANET EARTH ITSELF,
As AMERICA MOVES INTO ITS THIRD CENTURY AS A NATIONAL
ENTITY, THE COMPLEXITIES OF LIFE WILL PRODUCE EVER-INCREASING
PROBLEMS AND PERPLEXITIES FOR ALL HUMAN-KIND.
THE POLICY-MAKERS OF THE WORLD MUST FACE SQUARELY THE
ENORMOUS CHALLENGES OF RAPID WORLD URBANIZATION.
HORIZONS ON DISPLAY, AND YOUR PARTICIPATION, GOES FAR
BEYOND PROVINCIALISM AND NATIONALISM. IT IS A WORLD
ENDEAVOR, AND, AS SUCH, IT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE WORLD
WHEN THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD CONVENE IN VANCOUVER, BRITISH
COLUMBIA ON MAY 31 THROUGH JUNE 11 THIS YEAR.
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FOR, AT THAT TIME, THIS BICENTENNIAL PROGRAM WILL BE
THE UNITED STATES' HABITAT EXHIBITION AND REPRESENTATIVE
NATIONAL PROGRAM AT THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON HUMAN
SETTLEMENTS.
THE 200 HORIZON SITES WHICH YOU REPRESENT, WILL BECOME
AMERICAN HUMAN SETTLEMENTS DEMONSTRATION SITES -- IN PLACE
AND OPEN FOR STUDY TO THE WORLD-WIDE DELEGATES WHO WILL
VISIT US AS THEY ATTEND THEIR VANCOUVER MEETINGS.
AMERICA COULD NOT HAVE A MORE APT REPRESENTATION --
NOR MORE TANGIBLE EVIDENCE OF THIS NATION'S IMAGINATION,
INITIATIVE AND INSPIRATION IN MEETING THE EXCITING CHALLENGES
OF THE NEW CENTURY BEFORE US.
THANK YOU -- AND ALL OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE YOU REPRESENT
-- FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE,