Harry Truman actually said...

I direct that the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government buildings on that day

I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby request the observance of Sunday, May 8, 1949, as Mother's Day

I felt it my duty to bring to your attention that the expenditures that are being made for peace are in the hope that we won't have to make ...

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