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Harry Truman: “I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, according to our treasured tradition, and in conformity…”

On the recordOctober 31, 1951
I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, according to our treasured tradition, and in conformity with the joint resolution of Congress approved on December 26, 1941, designating the fourth Thursday of November in each year as Thanksgiving Day, do hereby proclaim Thursday, November 22, 1951, as a day of national thanksgiving.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2952—Thanksgiving Day, 1951

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