Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, do hereby request that Sunday, May 14, 1961, be observed as Mother's Day;
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, do hereby request that Sunday, May 14…”
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Proclamation 3412—Mothers Day, 1961
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