95-8922. National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, 1995

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 68 (Monday, April 10, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 17981]
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                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 68/ Monday, April 10, 1995 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President  
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                Proclamation 6782 of April 6, 1995

                
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, 
                1995

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                In the centuries since our Nation was founded, our 
                citizens have been called on time and again to defend 
                the blessings of American democracy. Although the 
                enemies of freedom have often risen from distant 
                shores, the valiant men and women who wear our Nation's 
                uniform have made freedom's fight their own. From 
                Europe to the Pacific, Korea to the Persian Gulf, these 
                Americans and their families have suffered through the 
                darkest hours of humanity so that the cause of human 
                dignity might endure.

                It is in gratitude that we pause each year to recall 
                the courage and to honor the service of the sons and 
                daughters of America who have been held as prisoners of 
                war. Few words can express the depth of their sacrifice 
                or the worthiness of their mission. Often subjected to 
                extreme brutality in violation of international codes 
                and customs governing their treatment, many of our 
                people have come home with disabling wounds and 
                injuries. Too many of our people have not come home at 
                all.

                Today, the lives of these extraordinary Americans and 
                the stories of their indomitable spirits are at the 
                core of our national character. The citizens of the 
                United States will always remember the proud 
                individuals who traded their liberty to preserve our 
                own. We will build on the triumphs of democracy that 
                they have helped to ensure. And in speaking of their 
                bravery, we will tell our children and grandchildren 
                that though bodies may be imprisoned, hearts can remain 
                ever free.

                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 April 9, 1995, as ``National 
                Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day.'' I urge State 
                and local officials, private organizations, and U.S. 
                citizens everywhere to join in honoring the members of 
                the United States Armed Forces who have been held as 
                prisoners of war. I call upon all Americans to observe 
                this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen 
                hundred and ninety-five, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and 
                nineteenth.

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[FR Doc. 95-8922
Filed 4-6-95; 3:17 pm]
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