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On the recordJanuary 13, 1991
I, George Bush, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Monday, January 21, 1991, as the Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Proclamation 6242—Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 1991

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