[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 25, 2012)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 59043-59044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23770]



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Vol. 77

Tuesday,

No. 186

September 25, 2012

Part II





The President





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Proclamation 8867--National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2012
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                Proclamation 8867 of September 20, 2012

                
National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2012

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                For more than two centuries, Americans have bravely 
                served our Nation as members of our Armed Forces. Many 
                have made profound sacrifices to uphold the ideals we 
                cherish, carrying wounds that may never fully heal and 
                dark memories that will never fade. Today, we pay 
                solemn tribute to service members who bore war's tragic 
                costs as prisoners of war and those missing in action. 
                We stand with the families who have known the lingering 
                ache of a loved one's uncertain fate. And as a Nation, 
                we reaffirm a most sacred obligation: that we must 
                never forget the men and women who did not come home, 
                and that we must never stop trying to return them to 
                their families and the country they fought to protect.

                As long as members of our Armed Forces remain 
                unaccounted for, America will bring our fullest 
                resources to bear in finding them and bringing them 
                home. It is a promise we make not only to the families 
                of our captured and our missing, but to all who have 
                worn the uniform. Our Nation continues to recover the 
                remains of fallen heroes we lost in the Vietnam War, 
                the Korean War, World War II, and other conflicts. And 
                as these patriots are finally laid to rest, we pray 
                their return brings closure and a measure of peace to 
                those who knew and loved them. During this day of 
                recognition, let us honor their sacrifice once more by 
                expressing our deepest gratitude to our service 
                members, our veterans, our military families, and all 
                those who have given so much to keep our country safe.

                On September 21, 2012, 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 21, 2012, 
                as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. 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 
                twentieth day of September, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twelve, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.
                
                
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[FR Doc. 2012-23770
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