On a spring Sunday eighty years ago in Manhattan's Central Park, a hundred and fifty thousand newly naturalized citizens gathered to recite the oath that they would 'bear true faith and allegiance' to the United States...
Hand spoke in a mid-Atlantic accent, reflecting his upbringing in a family of lawyers and judges in Albany. His remarks turned him into a revered public figure, focusing on 'The Spirit of Liberty' and what it meant to be an American.
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