Woodrow Wilson actually said...

I do hereby proclaim Thursday, the thirtieth day of May, a day already freighted with sacred and stimulating memories, a day of public humiliation, prayer and fasting

Context

Proclamation 1445—Decoration Day, 1918

05/10/1918

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