[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 2004)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 56151-56152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21124]


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                Proclamation 7814 of September 14, 2004

                
National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2004

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Throughout our history, when the enemies of freedom 
                were on the march and our country needed brave 
                Americans to take up arms and stop their advance, the 
                members of our Armed Forces answered the call of duty. 
                These patriotic men and women defended our country in 
                hours of need and continue to stand watch for freedom. 
                Many of these courageous individuals risked capture, 
                imprisonment, and their lives to protect our homeland. 
                On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, we honor the 
                sacrifices and remarkable determination of those 
                captured as prisoners of war. We also remember those 
                who remain unaccounted for and ask for God's special 
                blessing on their families. Our Nation will not forget 
                these heroes, and we will not stop searching for our 
                service members who are missing in action.

                On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, the flag of the 
                National League of Families of American Prisoners and 
                Missing in Southeast Asia is flown over the White 
                House, the Capitol, the Departments of State, Defense, 
                and Veterans Affairs, the Selective Service System 
                Headquarters, the National Vietnam Veterans and Korean 
                War Veterans Memorials, U.S. military installations, 
                national cemeteries, and other locations across our 
                country. This flag serves as a reminder of our 
                continued commitment to those still missing and those 
                imprisoned while serving in World War II, Korea, 
                Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Somalia, Kosovo, Iraq, and 
                other conflicts. We remain grateful for their service 
                and sacrifice and pledge to continue to achieve the 
                fullest possible accounting for all of our men and 
                women in uniform still missing.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, 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 September 14, 2004, as 
                National POW/MIA Recognition Day. I call upon the 
                people of the United States to join me in saluting all 
                American POWs and those missing in action who valiantly 
                served our great country. I call upon Federal, State, 
                and local government officials and private 
                organizations to observe this day with appropriate 
                ceremonies and activities.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fourteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand four, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
                ninth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

[FR Doc. 04-21124
Filed 9-16-04; 8:45 am]
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