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Harry Truman: “Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, conforming to our hallowed custom, and in…”

On the recordNovember 7, 1952
Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, conforming to our hallowed custom, and in consonance with the joint resolution of Congress approved on December 26, 1941, do hereby call upon all our people to celebrate Thursday, November 27, 1952, as Thanksgiving Day.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2996—Thanksgiving Day, 1952

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