William McKinley actually said...

I, William McKinley, President of the United States, do, in accordance with the stipulations of the protocol, declare and proclaim on the part of the United States a suspension of hostilities

Context

Proclamation 422—Suspension of Hostilities with Spain

08/11/1898

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