William McKinley
Twenty-fifth President of the United States.
born January 29, 1843. Died September 14,
1901.
A Proclamation
Whereas, notice has been
given me by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission, in
accordance with the provisions of Section 9 of the Acts of
Congress, approved March 3, 1901, entitled “Act to
provide for the celebrating of the one hundredth anniversary of
the Purchase of the Louisiana Territory by the United States by
holding an international exhibition of arts, industries,
manufacturing, and the products of the soil ,mine ,forest and
sea in the City of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri.”
That provision has been made for grounds and buildings
for the use provided for in the said Act of Congress:
Now therefore, I, William
Mckinley, President of the United States, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by said Act, do hereby declare and
proclaim that such International Exhibition will be opened in
the City of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, not later than
the first day of May, nineteen hundred and three, and will be
closed not later than the first day of December thereafter. And
in the name of the Government and of the people of the United
States, I do invite all the nations of the earth to take part
in the commemoration of the Purchase of the Louisiana
Territory, an event of great interest to the United States and
of abiding effect on their development, by appointing
representatives and sending such exhibits to the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition as will most fitly and fully illustrate
their resources, their industries, and their progress in
civilization.
In testimony whereof, I have
herewith set my hand caused the seal of the United States of be
affixed.
Done in the City of
Washington, this twentieth day of August, in the year one
thousand nine hundred and one, and of the Independence of the
United States, the one hundred and twenty-sixth.
(Seal)
William
McKinley