State of Connecticut
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
MARCUS H. HOLCOMB
GOVERNOR
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ſº ſº N compliance with custom, the Governors
w | of Connecticut have designated the Friday
before Easter as a day of fasting and prayer,
bºº in commemoration of the day when the
Savior of mankind made the Supreme sacrifice. On
that day for the three years last past we have prayed
that this nation be spared from an active par-
ticipation in this great world war. It was a selfish
and unanswered prayer. It was decreed that this
country, founded upon the divine principle of the
equal rights of man, should do its part in defeating a
foe which by force of arms seeks to subjugate the
world. We should be willing to make whatever
sacrifice is necessary to ensure the preservation of
human liberty. I, therefore, appoint Friday, the
twenty-ninth day of March next as a day of
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and request that on that day all of the people of this
state bend the knee to Almighty God, and fervently
and devoutly pray for the success of our cause, the
preservation of our young men who are fighting on
the side of righteousness, an early and conclusive
victory, and that a permanent peace be established.
Given under my hand and seal of the State at the Capitol, in Hartford,
this sixteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand,
nine hundred and eighteen, and of the independence of the United
States the one hundred and forty-second.
By His Excellency's Command:
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