President Harry Truman attends cornerstone-laying ceremony for new temple of Washington Hebrew Congregation in Washingto

President Harry Truman attends cornerstone-laying ceremony for new temple of Washington Hebrew Congregation in Washingto

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History, Religious Studies

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The transcript covers the 100th anniversary of the Washington Hebrew congregation, highlighting a cornerstone ceremony attended by President Truman. Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld introduces Truman, who receives a prayer book from the congregation. Truman speaks on the importance of spiritual foundations and faith in maintaining freedom against totalitarianism. The ceremony concludes with the President using silver trowels on a marble stone engraved with the Ten Commandments, celebrating a century of religious progress.

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