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On the recordSeptember 24, 1946
I invite the people of the United States to observe the day in appropriate ceremonies in schools and churches or other suitable places
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2704—General Pulaski's Memorial Day, 1946

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