[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 58 (Friday, March 26, 1999)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 14807-14808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7705]
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Part III
The President
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Proclamation 7175--Greek Independence Day: A National Day of
Celebration of Greek and American Democracy, 1999
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 58 / Friday, March 26, 1999 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 7175 of March 24, 1999
Greek Independence Day: A National Day of
Celebration of Greek and American Democracy, 1999
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
America has deep roots in Greece, and today we
celebrate the friendship, values, and aspirations our
two countries have shared for more than 2 centuries.
Greek thought and the passion for truth and justice
deeply influenced many of our Nation's earliest and
greatest leaders. The documents our founders wrote to
establish our democracy and the political and legal
institutions they created to preserve our independence
and protect our rights reveal that influence.
Later, recognizing this profound debt to Greek thought
and culture and inspired by the struggle of modern
Greece in the War of Greek Independence, many Americans
left home to join in that distant fight for freedom
between 1821 and 1832. In this century, the
relationship between the Greek and American peoples
deepened as we fought together in two world wars. The
U.S. desire to help preserve freedom in Greece after
the devastation of World War II moved President Truman
to stand firm against isolationism and for postwar
engagement abroad. Our nations stood together in Korea
and in the Gulf War, and we continue to work shoulder-
to-shoulder today in our efforts to find a lasting
solution in the Balkans and to promote democracy around
the world.
The bonds of family have further reinforced our ties of
friendship and shared ideals. All across our Nation,
Americans of Greek descent have brought their energy,
grace, and determination to every field of endeavor,
and they have added immeasurably to the richness and
diversity of our national life. The sons and daughters
of Greece have flourished in America, and with their
help, America too has flourished.
Today, as we celebrate the 178th anniversary of the
onset of modern Greece's struggle for independence, let
us celebrate as well the great partnership between our
nations and the precious heritage of freedom and
democracy we share.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United
States, do hereby proclaim March 25, 1999, as Greek
Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of
Greek and American Democracy. I call upon all Americans
to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies,
activities, and programs.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and ninety-nine, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two
hundred and twenty-third.
(Presidential Sig.)
[FR Doc. 99-7705
Filed 3-25-99; 10:33 am]
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