THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 31, 1946 

* "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" observance 
* First peacetime Memorial Day after World War II
* President Henry S. Truman - Dwight D. Eisenhower

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Truman Lays White Roses On Unknown Soldier Tomb" with subhead. (see images)  More on pages 2 & 3 with some related photos.
Complete with all 38 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.

Background: The May 30, 1946, observance at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier stands as a poignant historical pivot point, representing the nation’s first peacetime Memorial Day following the cataclysm of World War II. While the white marble sarcophagus then only contained the remains of the World War I Unknown, the ceremony was heavy with the immediate grief of the 400,000 Americans recently lost in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s keynote address at the Memorial Amphitheater underscored this shift, moving beyond mere remembrance to issue a stern warning that the hard-won peace required "the same unity of purpose" that achieved victory. The event’s immense symbolic weight acted as the primary catalyst for legislative action; less than a month later, President Truman signed Public Law 429, officially authorizing the expansion of the Tomb to include a World War II representative. This 1946 gathering effectively transformed the site from a Great War monument into a living national shrine for modern global conflict, bridging the gap between the "War to End All Wars" and the new, complex realities of the burgeoning Cold War era.