[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 127, 113th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
PROCLAMATION 9060--NOV. 21, 2013

Proclamation 9060 of November 21, 2013

Day of Remembrance for President John F. Kennedy
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
A half century ago, America mourned the loss of an extraordinary public
servant. With broad vision and soaring but sober idealism, President
John F. Kennedy had called a generation to service and summoned a Nation
to greatness. Today, we honor his memory and celebrate his enduring
imprint on American history.
In his 3 years as President of the United States, John F. Kennedy
weathered some of the most perilous tests of the Cold War and led
America to the cusp of a bright new age. His leadership through the
Cuban Missile Crisis remains the standard for American diplomacy at its
finest. In a divided Berlin, he delivered a stirring defense of freedom
that would echo through the ages, yet he also knew that we must advance
human rights here at home. During his final year in office, he proposed
a civil rights bill that called for an end to segregation in America.
And recognizing women's basic right to earn a living equal to their
efforts, he signed the Equal Pay Act into law.
While President Kennedy's life was tragically cut short, his vision
lives on in the generations he inspired--volunteers who serve as
ambassadors for peace in distant corners of the globe, scientists and
engineers who reach for new heights in the face of impossible odds,
innovators who set their sights on the new frontiers of our time. Today
and in the decades to come, let us carry his legacy forward. Let us face
today's tests by beckoning the spirit he embodied--that fearless,
resilient, uniquely American character that has always driven our Nation
to defy the odds, write our own destiny, and make the world anew.
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 November 22, 2013, as
a Day of Remembrance for President John F. Kennedy. I call upon all
Americans to honor his life and legacy with appropriate programs,
ceremonies, and activities. I also call upon Governors of the United
States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, officials of the other
territories subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and
appropriate officials of all units of government, to direct that the
flag be flown at half-staff on the Day of Remembrance for President John
F. Kennedy. I further encourage all Americans to display the flag at
half-staff from their homes and businesses on that day.




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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first day of
November, in the year of our Lord two thousand thirteen, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
eighth.
BARACK OBAMA