Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, by this proclamation, designate the year 1951 as Audubon Centennial Year, in observance of the one-hundredth anniversary of the death of John James Audubon;
Proclamation 2945—Audubon Centennial Year
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