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State of Connecticut
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
CHARLES A. TEMPLETON
GOVERNOR
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(1)N Friday next, Warren Gamaliel Harding, twenty-
ninth President of the United States, will be laid to rest.
The President of the United States has by his procla-
mation appointed that day to be a day of mourning and
prayer throughout the nation. -
It is fitting that the people of this State should give
token of their affection for that beloved friend and leader
who gave his last strength in the service of his fellow-
countrymen. The President asks it, our hearts demand it.
I therefore designate Friday, August tenth, as a day
of solemn remembrance. And I earnestly recommend
that, at the hour of the funeral, daily occupations be
suspended, in order that all may in thought and prayer
kneel at the grave of their dead President, in his memory
pledging themselves anew to serve their Country with his
patience and unselfishness. And I further recommend
that on Sunday, August fifth, the Churches of all faiths and
creeds unite in prayer to Almighty God for the repose of
the President who is no more and for the guidance
of the President who has taken upon his shoulders the
heavy responsibilities of the government.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State at the Capitol, in Hartford,
this fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-three and of the independence of the United States the
one hundred and forty-eighth.
By His Excellency’s Command:



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