[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 14, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 31227-31228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14731]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 14, 1995 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 6808 of June 9, 1995
Flag Day and National Flag Week, 1995
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
This week, Americans celebrate the Flag of the United
States, which for more than two centuries has brought
our people together in a common bond of citizenship. We
reaffirm our allegiance to freedom's banner--``Old
Glory''--and to the proud history it has inspired. We
honor the valor and sacrifices of all who have defended
it--in public service and on battlegrounds around the
world. And we rededicate ourselves to the democratic
ideals stitched forever into the fabric of America.
In towns and cities across the country, public
buildings fly the Stars and Stripes as a symbol of our
Nation's spirit of community. That spirit was never
more evident than this past April in Oklahoma, where
the flag appeared on the sleeves of rescue workers,
emergency personnel, and volunteers from throughout the
land. A shining badge of honor, it reminded all who
mourned that we Americans have seen countless trials
and have emerged from each one stronger than ever.
Earlier this year, in expressing our gratitude to the
men and women who served in uniform during the Second
World War, the Nation observed the fiftieth anniversary
of the Battle of Iwo Jima. We recalled the day,
immortalized in sculpture, when a team of brave
Americans beat all odds and hoisted aloft the American
flag. May we, the heirs of the freedom they fought to
defend, always remember their courage and serve as
loyal standard-bearers for the cause of liberty.
To commemorate the adoption of our flag, the Congress,
by a joint resolution approved August 3, 1949 (63 Stat.
492), designated June 14 of each year as ``Flag Day''
and requested the President to issue an annual
Proclamation calling for its observance and for the
display of the Flag of the United States on all
Government buildings. The Congress also requested the
President, by joint resolution approved June 9, 1966
(80 Stat. 194), to issue annually a Proclamation
designating the week in which June 14 occurs as
``National Flag Week,'' and calling upon all citizens
of the United States to display the flag during that
week.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim June 14,
1995, as Flag Day and the week beginning June 11, 1995,
as National Flag Week. I direct the appropriate
officials of the Government to display the Flag of the
United States on all Government buildings during that
week. I urge Americans to observe Flag Day, June 14,
and Flag Week by flying the Stars and Stripes from
their homes and other suitable places.
I also call upon the American people to observe with
pride and all due ceremony those days from Flag Day
through Independence Day, also set aside by the
Congress (89 Stat. 211), as a time to honor America and
to celebrate our heritage in public gatherings and
activities and to publicly recite the Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
ninth day of June, 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. 95-14731
Filed 6-12-95; 3:12 pm]
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