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March 25, 2015

Maryland Day 2015

It is a joy for me to welcome all of you this morning to the National Shrine of the Basilica of the Assumption, our Nation’s first Roman Catholic Cathedral, for the celebration of Maryland Day. I warmly greet and welcome Henry Conley Pitts, Scott Watkins, and all the members of the Society of Colonial Wars...
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