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Eisenhower: “Now, Therefore, I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, do hereby request that Sunday, May…”

On the recordMay 4, 1955
Now, Therefore, I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, do hereby request that Sunday, May 8, 1955, be celebrated as Mother's Day; and I direct the appropriate officials of the Government to arrange for the display of the flag on all Government buildings on that day.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Proclamation 3092—Mother's Day, 1955

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