Collection Presidential Retreats
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President Kennedy at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
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- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library/NARA
President Kennedy at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
President John F. Kennedy dedicates the newly created lake at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, in California, in 1963.
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