[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 20, 2011)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 58377-58378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24333]


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                Proclamation 8713 of September 15, 2011

                
National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2011

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                In every conflict in which our Nation has been 
                involved, selfless American service members have 
                sacrificed their lives for the sake of our country and 
                its principles. Too many have never come home, or have 
                endured unthinkable hardship as prisoners of war. On 
                this day, we echo the creed inscribed on the black and 
                white banners that fly in honor of America's Prisoners 
                of War and Missing in Action, and we renew our promise 
                to our heroes, that ``You Are Not Forgotten.''

                We will never give up the search for those who are held 
                as prisoners of war or have gone missing under our 
                country's flag. We honor their sacrifice, and we must 
                care for their families and pursue the fullest possible 
                accounting for all missing members of our Armed Forces. 
                Together, we must serve our Nation's patriots as well 
                as they have served us--by supporting them when they 
                come home, and by carrying on the legacy of those who 
                do not. This is a promise we keep for our fallen, for 
                our veterans past and present, and for all those whose 
                loved ones have not returned from the battlefield.

                On September 16, 2011, the stark black and white banner 
                symbolizing America's Missing in Action and Prisoners 
                of War will be flown over the White House, the United 
                States Capitol, the Departments of State, Defense, and 
                Veterans Affairs, the Selective Service System 
                Headquarters, the World War II Memorial, the Korean War 
                Veterans Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 
                United States post offices, national cemeteries, and 
                other locations across our country. We raise this flag 
                as a solemn reminder of our obligation to always 
                remember the sacrifices made to defend our Nation.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim September 16, 2011, 
                as National POW/MIA Recognition Day, and I urge all 
                Americans to observe this day of honor and remembrance 
                with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fifteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and thirty-sixth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2011-24333
Filed 9-19-11; 11:15 am]
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