Herbert Hoover: “This order is issued upon the recommendation of the Acting Secretary of the Navy.”

No such suggestion has ever been made by any American official.

This order shall be effective from July 1, 1932.

My dear Mrs. Bird: I am deeply grieved to learn of the death of your brother, the universally beloved Father Francis P. Duffy.

In order to avoid the confusion arising from the fact that there is a national park and a national forest in the State of Virginia bearing the same name, that is 'Shenandoah,' it is hereby ordered that the name of the 'Shenandoah National…