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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.
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1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1947th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 947th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1940s decade.
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Even though Truman's previous 1947 State of the Union Address had been televised, this address was only broadcast nationwide over the radio. [1] [2] Truman opened his speech by reflecting on what he considered to be the true strengths of the United States: The elements of our strength are many.
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
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.