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Harry Truman: Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority…

On the recordApril 25, 1951
Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906 (ch. 3060, 34 Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights and the provisions of existing withdrawals, the following-described tracts of land in Colorado are hereby added to and reserved as parts of the Hovenweep National Monument:
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2924—Enlarging Hovenweep National Monument, Colorado and Utah

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