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I urge them to find suitable means for expressing appreciation to older citizens, for encouraging their continued and expanded activity, and for meeting the special needs of the frail and the poor and the lonely among them.

Context

Proclamation 3899—Senior Citizens Month, 1969

03/16/1969

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