09/18/1919
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"The resignation of Julius H. Barnes, as Chief of the Cereal Division of the United States Food Administration, is hereby accepted;"
"Especially do I recommend that the day be fittingly observed in the universities, colleges and schools of our country, to the end that salutary and patriotic lessons may be drawn from the fortitude an..."
"I, therefore, suggest and request that the 21st of December next be observed throughout the Union with special patriotic services."
"The day will be becomingly celebrated at Plymouth under the auspices of the Plymouth Pilgrim Tecentenary [sic] Commission and at other localities in' Massachusetts."