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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 recordMarch 23, 1948
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 following-described lands in Florida are hereby added to and reserved as a part of the Fort Matanzas National Monument
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2773—Enlarging the Fort Matanzas National Monument, Florida

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