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Harry Truman: Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby request the people of this…

On the recordOctober 25, 1951
Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby request the people of this Nation to observe Sunday, November 11, 1951, as Armistice Day, by public and private ceremonies designed not only to honor those who strove so valiantly for victory and peace in 1918, and all other Americans who have fought for our freedom, but also to express our renewed prayers for the establishment of permanent peace.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2951—Armistice Day, 1951

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