Following the assassination of President Kennedy, the State Democratic Executive Committee of Texas put together a commemorative packet sent to people who had sent in contributions in anticipation of attending the “Texas Welcome Dinner”.The package consists of a 33 1/3 RPM phonograph record containing recordings of three speeches Kennedy gave in Texas in the twenty-four hours leading up to his assassination as well as his Inaugural Address. It also includes a copy of a 8.5″ x 14″ mini-poster for the dinner and printed copies of the speeches Kennedy was supposed to deliver at the Dallas Trade Mart and “Texas Welcome Dinner”, entitled “We Are… Watchmen on the Walls of Freedom” and “This Country is Moving and it must Not Stop”, respectively.
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