Title: Washington, D.C.
08:20:58 The American Legion headquarters building
08:21:02 President Truman; Truman on stand makes speech of dedication. Seated legionnaires. Truman speaks (SOF): “It is our hope & desire that this building may be used ever in the service of our disabled comrades, of the widowed and the orphans and to the benefit of the whole nation. I dedicate this structure to the purposes of the American Legion; and with it I rededicate the American Legion to the faithful service of our nation and its people and to the memory of our heroic dead.” Audience stands & applauds. CU name on building.
War Veterans’ Organization; 1951; Cold War;
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Title: Washington, D.C. 08:20:58 The American Legion headquarters building 08:21:02 President Truman; Truman on stand makes speech of dedication. Seated legionnaires. Truman speaks (SOF): “It is our hope & desire that this building may be used ever in the service of our disabled comrades, of the widowed and the orphans and to the benefit of the whole nation. I dedicate this structure to the purposes of the American Legion; and with it I rededicate the American Legion to the faithful service of our nation and its people and to the memory of our heroic dead.” Audience stands & applauds. CU name on building. War Veterans’ Organization; 1951; Cold War;