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Recording Date(s)
July 4, 1947
Accession Number
SR64-55
Description
President Harry S. Truman's Independence Day address delivered at Thomas Jefferson's home. The President spoke at 1:30 p.m. from the east portico of Monticello near Charlottesville, Va. His opening words referred to William M. Tuck, Governor of Virginia, and Frank Houston, President of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation. The address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast.
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Place
Speakers
Original Format(s)
Production and Copyright
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Archives Identifier (NAID)