[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
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[FR Doc No: 95-13539]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 105 / Thursday, June 1, 1995 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 6806 of May 26, 1995
Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth
Anniversary of World War II, 1995
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In remembering the nightmare we now know as World War
II, it is natural and fitting that we pause to mourn
our loss. Eleven million service members--more than
400,000 of them American--perished in that war.
Countless more civilians died in its awful course. We
Americans retain a special bond to all of these heroes.
We've seen pictures of their faces and told stories of
their courage. For when the darkest days of fear seemed
to tear our world apart, the brave millions we now
honor kept liberty alive.
As the forces of oppression sought to extinguish
freedom's light, Americans from every walk of life
heard the call to service. Women joined our Nation's
factories, and farmers doubled their efforts in our
fields. Victory gardens flourished across the land, and
although the rationing of goods made our dinners less
than feasts, the sharing of a cause filled our hearts
with hope. Hand in hand, our parents and grandparents
led our Nation on to victory, and together with our
allies, we prevailed.
Like the men and women who fought half a century ago,
Americans today are just as bound to defend the cause
of freedom. Now as then, we are privileged to see the
triumph of democracy in nations too long oppressed. Now
as then, we know that service is our highest call. And
still today, we pray for lasting peace.
May the spirit of those prayers forever grace our land.
May they guide relations between citizens and
friendships among nations. May our children remember
our cause well, and may they one day see a time when
harmony fills the Earth.
The Congress, by Public Law 103-291, has designated May
29, 1995, through June 6, 1995, as a ``Time for the
National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of
World War II.''
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 29,
1995, through June 6, 1995, as a Time for the National
Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II.
I call upon all Americans to celebrate these days with
appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-sixth day of May, 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.
(Presidential Sig.)
[FR Doc. 95-13539
Filed 5-30-95; 1:43 pm]
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