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    "ocrText": "THE KANSAS GITY STAR\nMay 5, 1949\nThe President of the United States\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. President: Imman\nA mural about 15' X 30' in size depicting the dedication of the\n88\nLiberty Memorial site in November, 1921 is being painted by the famous\nmuralist Daniel MacMorris. This project was authorized two years ago\nby the trustees ofKthe Liberty Memorial Association. The mural will be\nplaced on the west wall of Memory Hall sometime next November. It shows\nthe Union Station in the background and large figures of the famous\nAllied war leaders of 1917-18. It will also show a number of Kansas\nCitians in the crowd including you and me. Of course, we were trench-\nworkers at that time, working on various American Legion Convention\ncommittees handling the great 1921 convention and do not show up in\nthe picture as prominently as the \"Big Brass\", but we are there, never-\ntheless.\nI have been instructed to write you to see if you can come here\nto make the main speech on the day of the dedication. We would like to\ndedicate the mural on Armistice Day, but if you can't make it on that day,\nanother date near then would be satisfactory. If it could be done on\nArmistice Day, it would fit in perfectly with our annual parade which\narrives at the Memorial at 11 A. M. We all know your time away from\nWashington is limited and that is the reason for writing you this far\nin advance.\nI will be in Washington May 20-21 to attend the Gridiron dinner\nand will be most happy if I could call on you for a few minutes to explain\nthe matter in further detail.\nHoping to hear from you, I remain sincerely\nYour friend,\nSteamboat\nArthur C. Wahlstedt, President\nLiberty Memorial Association\n#\nACW : TH\nx Invitation"
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