[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 145 (Friday, July 28, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18798]
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Part VI
The President
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Proclamation 6812--National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, 1995
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Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 145 / Friday, July 28, 1995 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 6812 of July 26, 1995
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, 1995
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On July 27, 1953, the guns finally fell silent over the
Korean peninsula. Three years of fierce struggle,
costing over 600,000 lives among U.S. and allied
combatants, ended with a negotiated cease-fire at
Panmunjom. At that moment, in the midst of the Cold
War, facing the burden of containing a hostile
communist world, America could not yet see clearly all
that the Korean War had achieved.
Time and history have cleared our vision. More than
four decades later, we look back in awe and gratitude
at what our Armed Forces and allies accomplished in
Korea. Under the banner of the United Nations, they
fought to defend freedom and human dignity in the
Korean peninsula, demonstrating to the world's
totalitarian regimes that men and women of goodwill
were ready to pay the ultimate price so that others
might enjoy the blessings of liberty. They helped the
Republic of South Korea grow, survive, and prosper as
an independent and democratic nation and a strong
friend of the United States. With their quiet courage
and stern resolve, American troops sowed the seeds for
the triumph of democracy that is sweeping across the
globe today.
Now, at long last, we have a fitting memorial to honor
the achievements and the sacrifice of our Korean War
veterans. From across this country and around the
world, these veterans will gather in our Nation's
capital to dedicate the Korean War Veterans Memorial,
the enduring testament to their valor and generosity of
spirit. America honors their service; we remember their
sacrifice; and we are forever in their debt.
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 July 27, 1995, as
``National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day.'' I call
upon all Americans to observe this day with appropriate
programs, ceremonies, and activities in honor of our
Nation's Korean War veterans.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-sixth day of July, 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 twentieth.
(Presidential Sig.)
[FR Doc. 95-18798
Filed 7-27-95; 10:44 am]
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