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 PROCLAMATIONS-APR. 13, 17, 1945 not extinguished. The courage of great men outlives them to become the courage of their people and the peoples of the world. It lives beyond them and upholds their purposes and brings their hopes to pass. Now, therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do appoint Saturday next, April 14th, the day of the funeral service for the dead President, as a day of mourning and prayer throughout the United States. I earnestly recommend the people to assemble on that day in their respective places of divine worship, there to bow down in submission to the will of Almighty God, and to pay out of full hearts their homage of love and reverence to the memory of the great and good man whose death they mourn. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, the 13th day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty- [SEAL] five, and of the independence of the United States, the one hundred and sixty-ninth. By the President: E. R. STETTINIUS Jr. Secretary of State HARRY S TRUMAN The White House, Washington, April 13, 1945 MOTHER'S DAY, 1945 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS it is fitting that we acknowledge anew our gratitude, love, and devotion to the mothers of America; and WHEREAS in this year of the war's greatest intensity we are ever mindful of their splendid courage and steadfast loyalty to the highest ideals of our democracy; and WHEREAS Congress by joint resolution approved May 8, 1914, set aside the second Sunday m May as Mother's Day, and acclaimed the service rendered the United States by the American mother as "the greatest source of the country's strength and inspiration": NOW THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby request the observance of Sun- day, May 13, 1945, as Mother's Day, and call upon the officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all Govern- ment buildings, and the people of the Nation to display the flag at their homes or other suitable places, on that day. And I urge that by our prayers, by our devotion to duty, and by evidences of affection, we give expression to our love and reverence for America's mothers. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 17th day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-five, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-ninth. By the President: E. R. STETrrTNIU, Jr. Scretary of State HARRY S TRUMAN April 17, 1945 [No. 2649] 38 Stat. 770. 36U..0.. 141, 142. Observance of May 13, 1945, as Mother's Day. Day of mourning and prayer, April 14, 1945. 59 STAT. ] 865

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