[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 98 (Monday, May 22, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 27219-27220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12668]




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Part V





The President





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Proclamation 6802--Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 1995
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                Proclamation 6802 of May 18, 1995

                
Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 1995

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                The essence of America is the quality and breadth of 
                the freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution. Yet far 
                too often in our country's history, the price of 
                preserving these freedoms has been the lives of our 
                Nation's young men and women and the heartbreak of 
                their families and friends. The light and laughter of 
                our lost sons and daughters can never be replaced. But 
                the gift of their courage will always endure. America 
                remembers the sacrifices of those who gave their lives 
                to protect our liberty. For our citizens and for 
                freedom-loving people around the world, they have kept 
                democracy's flame burning brightly.

                Forged in revolution and tempered by more than two 
                centuries of fighting injustice, America has grown 
                stronger, determined to safeguard the blessings that 
                have been so hard-won. As we recall the selfless 
                devotion of those who have risen to defend the cause of 
                freedom, we resolve today that their efforts shall not 
                have been in vain. America still holds fast to the 
                principles upon which it was founded, and its people 
                still stand bound together by our common faith in 
                peace. In remembrance of our fallen heroes, we pray 
                that peace will forever grace our land, that it will 
                guide relations between citizens and friendships among 
                nations, and that our people will one day see a time 
                when harmony fills the Earth.

                May God comfort all who mourn.

                In respect and recognition of the courageous men and 
                women to whom we pay tribute, the Congress, by joint 
                resolution approved on May 11, 1950 (64 Stat. 158), has 
                requested the President to issue a proclamation calling 
                upon the people of the United States to observe each 
                Memorial Day as a day of prayer for permanent peace and 
                designating a period on that day when the people of the 
                United States might unite in prayer.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby proclaim Memorial 
                Day, May 29, 1995, as a day of prayer for permanent 
                peace. I designate the hour beginning in each locality 
                at 11 o'clock in the morning of that day as a time to 
                join in prayer. I urge the press, radio, television, 
                and all information media to take part in this 
                observance.

                I also request the Governors of the United States and 
                the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the appropriate 
                officials of all units of government, to direct that 
                the flag be flown at half-staff until noon during this 
                Memorial Day on all buildings, grounds, and naval 
                vessels throughout the United States and in all areas 
                under its jurisdiction and control, and I request the 
                people of the United States to display the flag at 
                half-staff from their homes for the customary forenoon 
                period.
                 [[Page 27220]] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set 
                my hand this eighteenth 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. 95-12668
Filed 5-19-95; 10:48 am]
Billing code 3195-01-P