[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 24, 1994)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 26923-26924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-12885]


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Part IX





The President





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Proclamation 6693--
Armed Forces Day, 1994

Executive Order 12917--Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to 
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                        Presidential Documents 


Federal Register
Vol. 59, No. 99
Tuesday, May 24, 1994

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Title 3--
The President
                Proclamation 6693 of May 21, 1994

 
Armed Forces Day, 1994

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Forty-four years ago, President Harry Truman set aside 
                a special day to salute the men and women who dedicate 
                their lives to the ultimate act of public service: 
                protecting and defending our lives, our liberties, and 
                our right to the pursuit of happiness.

                President Truman proclaimed the first Armed Forces Day 
                at a major turning point in America's history. With the 
                greatest sacrifice, we had just defeated the forces of 
                global domination and tyranny, but we also were faced 
                with the first chill of a Cold War that would last for 
                four decades.

                Through it all, from the blood and fire of World War 
                II, to the nightmare fears of nuclear confrontation, 
                America never lost hope, never despaired. We faced each 
                threat with faith in God and in the skills, courage, 
                and dedication of our men and women in uniform. We 
                slept each night in the comforting knowledge that they 
                held constant vigil.

                Today we are at another turning point. The Cold War is 
                over, but our Nation is faced with a host of new and 
                more complex challenges to peace and stability in the 
                world. Yet we face the future in a position of strength 
                and with a powerful and ready military force.

                As President and Commander in Chief, I am pleased to 
                join with all Americans in saluting the men and women 
                of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and the 
                Coast Guard. We also thank their families and friends, 
                whose love and sacrifice make a special contribution to 
                America's security. The Nation's peace and stability 
                are in very capable hands; we are deeply grateful.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, and Commander in Chief of the 
                Armed Forces of the United States, continuing the 
                precedent of my nine immediate predecessors in office, 
                do hereby proclaim the third Saturday of each May as 
                Armed Forces Day.

                I direct the Secretary of Defense on behalf of the 
                Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and the Secretary 
                of Transportation on behalf of the Coast Guard, to plan 
                for appropriate observances each year, with the 
                Secretary of Defense responsible for soliciting the 
                participation and cooperation of civil authorities and 
                private citizens.

                I invite the Governors of the States, the Commonwealth 
                of Puerto Rico, and other areas subject to the 
                jurisdiction of the United States, to provide for the 
                observance of Armed Forces Day within their 
                jurisdiction each year in an appropriate manner 
                designed to increase public understanding and 
                appreciation of the Armed Forces of the United States.

                I also invite national and local veterans, civic and 
                other organizations to join in the observance of Armed 
                Forces Day each year.

                I call upon all Americans, not only to display the flag 
                of the United States at their homes on Armed Forces 
                Day, but also to learn about our system of defense and 
                about the men and women who sustain it, by attending 
                and participating in the local observances of the day.

                Proclamation 5983 of May 17, 1989, is hereby 
                superseded.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-four, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and eighteenth.

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[FR Doc. 94-12885
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