Let us hold it our sacred duty and our inestimable privilege on this day to decorate these graves ourselves—with a fervent prayer and a pledge of true allegiance to the cause of liberty, peace, and country.
Proclamation 5826—Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 1988
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