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On June 26, 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered a speech that electrified a crowd gathered in the shadow of the Berlin Wall. As he paid tribute to the spirit of Berliners and to their quest for freedom, the crowd roared with approval upon hearing the the President’s dramatic pronouncement, “Ich bin ein Berliner” (I am a Berliner).

President Kennedy used this handwritten note card while delivering his speech.  On it, he phonetically spelled German phrases from his speech, including “Ish bin ein Bearleener.” Read More

-from the JFK Library

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