Speech at the North Ward Center, Newark, NJ, October 7, 1984.  Includes diacritic marks.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/vice_presidential_campaign_speeches_1984/1067/thumbnail.jp

Ferraro, Geraldine

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Fordham Law SchoolFLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and HistorySpeeches 1984 Vice-Presidential Campaign10-7-1984Newark Columbus Day Speech: Version 1Geraldine FerraroFollow this and additional works at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/vice_presidential_campaign_speeches_1984Part of the Law CommonsThis Book is brought to you for free and open access by the 1984 Vice-Presidential Campaign at FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship andHistory. It has been accepted for inclusion in Speeches by an authorized administrator of FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship andHistory. For more information, please contact tmelnick@law.fordham.edu.Recommended CitationFerraro, Geraldine, "Newark Columbus Day Speech: Version 1" (1984). Speeches. 68.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/vice_presidential_campaign_speeches_1984/68/ REMARKS OF GERALDINE A. FERRARO NORTH WARD CENTER SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1984 Thank you, Chairman Rodino, for that wonderful introduction. Every two years for the past 36 ~he people of the North Ward have elected Peter Rodino to the Congress.because he shares your value~and he understands what this country is all about~f"' But, you've done more than elect a great representative. You've given us a great leader./Throuhgout this nation Peter W. _Rodino is known as a champion of justice, and a staunch defender of our constitution. I'm delighted to be here today at the North Ward Center to participate in this fourteenth annual Columbus Day parade/ And I ---bring greetings from my good Italian friend, Fritz Mondali. I love Columbus Day parades. When else do you get to hear La Traviata played by a high school ma·rching band? / Here at the North Ward Center, you understand the importance of goo~eighborhood~t~o'!J f ~d compassion for each other~- ~at's the spirit Fritz Mondale will bring to the White House this November.~ · And it's the spirit I will be proud to fight for as the first female -- and the first Italian-American -- vice president in our history. No one believes more deeply in the American dream, than the daughter of an Italian immigrant nominated by her party to be Vice President of the United States. You and I have all shared in that dream, and have made it our own. That's why we're so proud to celebrate Columbus Day, and recall that it was one of our ancestors who discovered the freest and fairest nation on earth. -END-

Newark Columbus Day Speech: Version 1

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