And I urge Federal, State, and local officials and patriotic, civic, and educational organizations to plan and hold, on or about May 19, exercise designated to help our new citizens, both native-born and naturalized, to understand more fully the significance and responsibilities of citizenship in our self-governing Republic
Proclamation 2680—'I Am an American Day,' 1946
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