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All executive departments, independent establishments, and other governmental agencies, including their field services, shall be closed on Monday, March 31, 1969, as a mark of respect for General of the Army Dwight David Eisenhower, the thirty-fourth President of the United States.

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Executive Order 11462—Providing for the Closing of Government Departments and Agencies on March 31, 1969, and For the...

03/27/1969

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