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Fifty years ago in the White House, John F. Kennedy received the typewriter President Woodrow Wilson used to write the “14 Points” speech. 
Wilson’s famous speech was addressed to Congress on January 8, 1918.  In it, he proposed a 14-point blueprint for world peace.  These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the World War I. 
Listen to JFK’s remarks.
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Fifty years ago in the White House, John F. Kennedy received the typewriter President Woodrow Wilson used to write the “14 Points” speech. 

Wilson’s famous speech was addressed to Congress on January 8, 1918.  In it, he proposed a 14-point blueprint for world peace.  These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the World War I. 

Listen to JFK’s remarks.

Source: jfklibrary.org

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