Truman Signs School Lunch Bill

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With U.S. senator Richard B. Russell Jr. (third from left) looking on, Senator Allen J. Ellender hands a pen to President Harry Truman on June 4, 1946, to sign legislation creating the National School Lunch Program.

Truman Signs School Lunch Bill

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