A Bicentennial Message by the President of the United States of America (Gerald Ford)A Bicentennial Message
By the President of the
United Stater of America
e now mark the beginning of our Third Century as
an INDEPENDENT NATION aS well as the 20th Anni-
versary of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION. For two centuries our
Nation has grown, changed and flourished. A diverse people,
drawn from all corners of the EARTH, have joined together to
fulfill the Promise of Democracy.
AMERICA'S BICENTENNIAL is rich in History and in the promise
and potential of the years that lie Ahead. It is about the events
of our PAST, our ACHIEVEMENTS, our TRADITIONS, our
DIVERSITY, Our FREEDOMS, Our form Of GOVERNMENT and Our
continuing COMMITMENT to a better LIFE for all AMERICANS.
The BICENTENNIAL offers each of us the OPPORTUNITY tO loin
with our fellow CITIZENS in honoring the Past and preparing
for the Future in COMMUNITIES across the Nation. THUS, in
joining together as RACES, NATIONALITIES, and INDIVIDUALS, we
also retain and strengthen Our TRADITIONS, BACKGROUND AND
personal FREEDOM.
As we lay the cornerstone of America's Third Century, I am
most happy to commend the Bicentennial Community of
NORTH PALM BEACH for playing a special
part in this great National Celebration.