[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 111 (Tuesday, June 10, 2014)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 33417-33418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13704]



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Vol. 79

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No. 111

June 10, 2014

Part IV





The President





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Proclamation 9139--D-Day National Remembrance Day, 2014
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                Proclamation 9139 of June 5, 2014

                
D-Day National Remembrance Day, 2014

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On June 6, 1944, before dawn broke across the beaches 
                of Normandy, scores of allied service members prepared 
                to fight a battle that would decide the fate of freedom 
                in the 20th century. The odds weighed against them. 
                That year, the Nazis had fortified the Atlantic Wall 
                against a seaborne invasion, lined the coast with 
                mines, and planted sharpened poles to await allied 
                paratroopers. On D-Day, American, British, and Canadian 
                forces advanced through thickets of barbed wire and 
                scaled heavily protected cliffs. They braved gales of 
                bullets and artillery fire, taking heavy losses as they 
                cut through Nazi defenses. Thousands gave their last 
                full measure of devotion, and by the end of the day, 
                the ground on which they died was free once more.

                Victory on D-Day dealt a significant blow to an 
                ideology fueled by hatred. It allowed America and our 
                allies to secure a foothold in France, open a path to 
                Berlin, and liberate a continent from the grip of 
                tyranny. It made possible the achievements that 
                followed the end of World War II--the Marshall Plan, 
                the NATO alliance, and the shared prosperity and 
                security that flowed from each.

                Seventy years later, we pay tribute to the service 
                members who secured a beachhead on an unforgiving 
                shore--the patriots who, through their courage and 
                sacrifice, changed the course of an entire century. 
                Today, as we carry on the struggle for liberty and 
                universal human rights, let us draw strength from a 
                moment when free nations beat back the forces of 
                oppression and gave new hope to the world.

                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 June 6, 2014, as D-
                Day National Remembrance Day. I call upon all Americans 
                to observe this day with programs, ceremonies, and 
                activities that honor those who fought and died so men 
                and women they had never met might know what it is to 
                be free.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand 
                fourteen, and of the Independence of the United States 
                of America the two hundred and thirty-eighth.
                
                
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