[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 146 (Tuesday, August 1, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 35881-35882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16327]



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Vol. 82

Tuesday,

No. 146

August 1, 2017

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The President





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Proclamation 9629--National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, 2017
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                Proclamation 9629 of July 26, 2017

                
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, 2017

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, we honor 
                the patriots who defended the Korean Peninsula against 
                the spread of Communism in what became the first major 
                conflict of the Cold War. We remember those who laid 
                down their lives in defense of liberty, in a land far 
                from home, and we vow to preserve their legacy.

                Situated between World War II and the Vietnam War, the 
                Korean War has often been labeled as the ``Forgotten 
                War,'' despite its having claimed the lives of more 
                than 36,000 Americans. The Korean War began on June 25, 
                1950, when North Korean forces, backed by the Soviet 
                Union, invaded South Korea. Shortly thereafter, 
                American troops arrived and pushed back the North 
                Koreans. For 3 years, alongside fifteen allies and 
                partners, we fought an unrelenting war of attrition. 
                Through diplomatic engagements led by President 
                Eisenhower, Americans secured peace on the Korean 
                Peninsula. On July 27, 1953, North Korea, China, and 
                the United Nations signed an armistice suspending all 
                hostilities.

                While the armistice stopped the active fighting in the 
                region, North Korea's ballistic and nuclear weapons 
                programs continue to pose grave threats to the United 
                States and our allies and partners. At this moment, 
                more than 28,000 American troops maintain a strong 
                allied presence along the 38th parallel, which 
                separates North and South Korea. These troops, and the 
                rest of our Armed Forces, help me fulfill my unwavering 
                commitment as President to protecting Americans at home 
                and to steadfastly defending our allies abroad.

                As we reflect upon our values and pause to remember all 
                those who fight and sacrifice to uphold them, we will 
                never forget our Korean War veterans whose valiant 
                efforts halted the spread of Communism and advanced the 
                cause of freedom.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, 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 July 27, 2017, as 
                National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day. I call upon 
                all Americans to observe this day with appropriate 
                ceremonies and activities that honor and give thanks to 
                our distinguished Korean War veterans.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-sixth day of July, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                second.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2017-16327
Filed 7-31-17; 11:15 am]
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