Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman,President of the United States of America, do hereby set aside Wednesday, October 11, 1950, the one hundred and seventy-first anniversary of his death, as General Pulaski's Memorial Day
Harry Truman: “Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman,President of the United States of America, do hereby set aside Wednesday, October 11…”
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Proclamation 2902—General Pulaski's Memorial Day, 1950
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