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Richard Nixon: “Now, Therefore, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, call upon the people of the United States…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 1970
Now, Therefore, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, call upon the people of the United States to observe the week beginning October 11, 1970, as National School Lunch Week, with ceremonies and activities designed to foster public knowledge and mutual comprehension of the value of the National School Lunch Program to our children and the Nation as a whole.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Proclamation 4010—National School Lunch Week, 1970

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