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On the recordApril 25, 1963
I do hereby proclaim Memorial Day, Thursday, May 30, 1963, as a day of prayer for lasting peace
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Proclamation 3536—Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 1963

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