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PROCLAMATIONS—APR. 27, 1956 WooDROw W I L S O N C E N T E N N I A L

April 27, 1956 JNo.3134]

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YEAR

BY THE P R E S I D E N T OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-eighth President of the United States, gave to this Nation and to the world a concept of peace based on justice and freedom and supported by the brotherhood of man; and WHEREAS this scholar, educator, and statesman led the United States successfully through the ordeal of a devastating war, which was fought to preserve those high principles which this Nation cherishes; and WHEREAS Woodrow Wilson's outstanding character, his devotion to his country'service, his efforts to strengthen the Government and to promote the public welfare, his dependence upon divine guidance, and his unfailing confidence in our system of free government and the ultimate wisdom of the American people, are a lasting inspiration to the Nation; and WHEREAS the year 1956 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Woodrow Wilson, and the Congress, by a joint resolution approved August 30, 1954, 68 Stat. 964, established the Woodrow Wilson Centennial Celebration Commission to develop plans for commemorating that event; and by a joint resolution approved April ^iri^«, p. 118. 27, 1956, has authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation inviting the people of the United States to observe the anniversary with appropriate ceremonies: cent°nniaryeS."'°" NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe the centennial of the birth of Woodrow Wilson; and I urge interested individuals and organizations, both private and governmental, to participate in appropriate ceremonies during 1956 designed to honor and commemorate his life, his ideals, and his concern for the freedom of peoples throughout the world. 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 27th day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightieth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DULLES,

Secretary of State.

MOTHER'S D A Y, 1956 May 1, 1956 [No. 3135]

BY THE P R E S I D E N T

OF THE UNITED

STATES

OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

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WHEREAS the American mother stands as a symbol of those high principles and lofty ideals which sustain and enrich our Nation; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 8, jgj4 (3g g^g^i- 770), formalized the felicitous custom of commemorating motherhood by designating the second Sunday in May of each year

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