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Statement on Signing Legislation To Establish a Memorial and Gardens in Honor of Frederick Douglass.(Transcript)(Brief Article)

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From: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
Date: 20001120
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November 17, 2000

I recently signed into law H.R. 5331, a bill "To authorize the Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc., to establish a memorial and gardens on Department of the Interior lands in the District of Columbia or its environs in honor and commemoration of Frederick Douglass."

It is appropriate that the memorial and gardens be located in Washington, DC, the Nation's Capital, as Mr. Douglass' life was a testament to the democratic principles upon which the Nation was founded. Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass became a renowned international spokesman for liberty, ...

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