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On the recordOctober 28, 1949
Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby urge the people of the United States to celebrate Friday, November 11, 1949, as Armistice Day by recalling to mind the valor not only of those who brought victory to the Allied banners on November 11, 1918, but also of those who refought freedom's battle for the succeeding generation.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri
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Proclamation 2862—Armistice Day, 1949

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