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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,174 posts) Wed Aug 28, 2013, 10:12 AM Aug 2013

Fifty years ago today, a dream was had.

Sadly, we've still got a long, long ways to go.

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Fifty years ago today, a dream was had. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2013 OP

Played this for my 4 year old step daughter Bluzmann57 Aug 2013 #1

Incomparable passion. I cry every time. Thank you for posting. lamp_shade Aug 2013 #2

Astonishing eloquence. Aristus Aug 2013 #3

Bluzmann57

(12,336 posts)

1. Played this for my 4 year old step daughter

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Wed Aug 28, 2013, 10:19 AM

Aug 2013

She doesn't really understand it, but we'll keep on teaching her. Thanks for posting. Still gives me chills (in a good way) hearing that great man speak, especially this speech.

lamp_shade

(14,828 posts)

2. Incomparable passion. I cry every time. Thank you for posting.

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Wed Aug 28, 2013, 10:49 AM

Aug 2013

Aristus

(66,317 posts)

3. Astonishing eloquence.

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Wed Aug 28, 2013, 10:52 AM

Aug 2013

And as John Adams might have put it, the speech was "a masterful expression of the American mind."

And in that lovely, musical Georgia accent...

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