Harry Truman actually said...

I designate the hour beginning at eight o'clock in the evening, Eastern Standard Time, as a period in which all the people of the United States may unite in prayer for a permanent peace.

Context

Proclamation 2788—Prayer for Peace: Memorial Day, 1948

05/27/1948

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