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Harry Truman: May we also give thanks to Him for His constant watchfulness over us in every hour of national prosperity and national…

On the recordJune 16, 1952
May we also give thanks to Him for His constant watchfulness over us in every hour of national prosperity and national peril.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2978—National Day of Prayer, 1952

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