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Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby request that Sunday, May 12, 1946, be observed as Mother's Day with Public and private expressions of honor, reverence, and love;

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Proclamation 2689—Mother's Day 1946

04/26/1946

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