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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me…”

On the recordMay 26, 1963
Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225; 16 U.S.C. 431), and otherwise, do proclaim as follows:
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Proclamation 3539—Revising the Boundaries of the Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico

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