America has steadfastly been able to produce on every occasion "the man of the hour." If I were called upon to list the greatest men our country has produced. I would want to include the names of George Washington. Thomas Jefferson. Andrew Jackson. Abraham Lincoln. Woodrow Wilson. and Franklin D. Roosevelt. I come to you this evening to speak of onlytwo of these outstanding American citizens. Andrew Jackson and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Jackson. though the son of penniless Irish immigrants. exemplified the true American citizen In his every work and deed. He was born on the frontier 2 years after his parents landed in North Carolina. As a soldier. "Old Hickory" saved a vast territory for his country.
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