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NOW THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the cessation of hostilities of World War II, effective twelve o'clock noon, December 31, 1946. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
The presidential seal as depicted in National Treasure: Book of Secrets. This is a modification of a Great Seal graphic, not a presidential seal. In the 2007 film National Treasure: Book of Secrets, there is a variation of the presidential seal that shows the eagle clutching a scroll. This variation is supposed to represent the secret book that ...
[iii] Although the armistice of 11 November 1918 ended the actual fighting, and agreed certain principles and conditions including the payment of reparations, it took six months of Allied negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference to conclude the peace treaty. Germany was not allowed to participate in the negotiations before signing the treaty.
Establishing a Seal for the Economic Stabilization Agency 1951-04-25 10274: Establishing the President's Commission on Migratory Labor 1951-04-26 10275: Making the Provisions of the Act of August 26, 1950, Public Law 733, 81st Congress, Applicable to the Panama Canal and Panama Railroad Company 1951-04-26 10276
Truman's first choice to succeed him, Chief Justice Vinson, had declined to run, Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson had also turned Truman down, Vice President Barkley was considered too old, [298] and Truman disliked Senator Kefauver. Accordingly, Truman let his name be entered in the New Hampshire primary by supporters.
The 1946 State of the Union Address was given by the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman, on Monday, January 21, 1946, to the 79th United States Congress. It was written by Samuel Rosenman [ 1 ] and is notable for being the longest State of the Union message at the time: the written speech was sent to Congress, not orally given ...
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USS Williamsburg, docked at the US Naval Base, Key West, Florida, during President Truman's vacation in 1951 Williamsburg remained at Norfolk into November, undergoing conversion. The ship then sailed for the Washington Navy Yard , where, on 5 November 1945, she relieved Potomac as a presidential yacht and, on 10 November 1945, the erstwhile ...