[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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                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
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