[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 118, 108th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

Proclamation 7792 of June 5, 2004


 
D-Day National Remembrance Day, 2004


By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Sixty years ago, the soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the Allied
Expeditionary Force invaded Normandy in northern France to open a new
front in our war against Nazism and tyranny. The courage of these troops
turned the tide of World War II and changed the fate of the

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world forever. Their extraordinary service in the face of great danger
demonstrated the finest qualities of our Nation and of our Allies, and
millions around the world today live in freedom because of their
sacrifice. By remembering the heroic actions of our Armed Forces at
Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches in 1944, we honor a
generation who served this country and saved liberty for people
everywhere.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim June 6, 2004, as D-Day National Remembrance
Day. I call upon all Americans to observe this occasion with appropriate
activities, ceremonies and programs designed to honor those who served
and sacrificed to liberate Europe and defend America's freedom and
security.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of June,
in the year of our Lord two thousand four, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-eighth.
GEORGE W. BUSH

PROCLAMATION 7793--JUNE 5, 2004