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It was Truman's second State of the Union Address; however, it was his first State of the Union Address to be delivered as a speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was House speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr., accompanied by Senate president pro tempore Arthur Vandenberg.
Pages in category "1947 speeches" ... 0–9. 21st birthday speech of Princess Elizabeth; M. Muhammad Ali Jinnah's 11 August Speech ... Text is available under the ...
Tryst with Destiny, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's Independence Day Speech (1947) video by Indian National Congress " Tryst with Destiny " was an English-language speech by Jawaharlal Nehru , the first Prime Minister of India , to the Indian Constituent Assembly in the Parliament House , on the eve of India's Independence , towards midnight on 14 ...
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In Memoriam: President Garfield's Funeral March, by John Philip Sousa, 1881; In Memoriam, song cycle by Liza Lehmann, 1899; In Memoriam, a funeral march by Jean Sibelius, 1910; In Memoriam, a symphonic poem by Havergal Brian, 1910; In Memoriam, an orchestral piece by Arnold Bax, 1916; In memoriam, a symphonic poem by Douglas Moore, 1943
The speech was broadcast to the "youth of the Empire" and was broadcast on the BBC Home Service in the United Kingdom at 6:55 pm on 21 April 1947, her 21st birthday. [1] Her birthday had been declared a national holiday in South Africa. [1] A description of her birthday celebrations in Cape Town preceded the speech on the Home Service.
"In Memoriam" was performed by "the President's Own" United States Marine Band, under Sousa's direction, as Garfield's body arrived in Washington for the lying in state. [5] The Marine Band's first trip outside of Washington, under Sousa, occurred the following week when it traveled to Cleveland, Ohio for the funeral where the dirge was again ...
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