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On the recordAugust 26, 1963
Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, call upon the people of the United States to observe the week beginning October 13, 1963, as National School Lunch Week, with ceremonies and activities designed to increase public understanding and awareness of the significance of the school lunch program to the child, to the home, to the farm, to industry, and to the Nation.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Proclamation 3552—National School Lunch Week, 1963

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