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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 26, 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, 34 Stat. 225 (16 U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, the lands within the following-described areas in California owned by the United States are hereby added to and reserved as a part of the Lava Beds National Monument.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2925—Enlarging the Lava Beds National Monument, California

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