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Eisenhower: Memorial Day each year serves as a solemn reminder of the scourge of war and its bitter aftermath of sorrow.

On the recordMay 23, 1955
Memorial Day each year serves as a solemn reminder of the scourge of war and its bitter aftermath of sorrow.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Proclamation 3096—Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 1955

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