[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]



      
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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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