    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 128, 113th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    PROCLAMATION 9140--JUNE 6, 2014

    Proclamation 9140 of June 6, 2014

    Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2014

    By the President of the United States of America

    A Proclamation

    Over farmlands and town squares, atop skyscrapers and capitol buildings,
    the American flag soars. It reminds us of our history--13 colonies that
    rose up against an empire--and celebrates the spirit of 50 proud States
    that form our Union today. On Flag Day and during National Flag Week, we
    pay tribute to the banner that weaves us together and waves above us
    all.
    For more than two centuries, Americans have saluted Old Glory in times
    of trial and triumph. Generations have looked to it as they steeled
    their resolve, and an unbroken chain of men and women in uniform has
    served under our flag. From the banks of Baltimore's Inner Harbor to
    European trenches and Pacific islands, from the deserts of Iraq to the
    mountains of Afghanistan, they have risked their lives so

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    we might live ours. When we lay our veterans to rest, many go draped
    with the stars and stripes upon them, and their families find solace in
    the folds of honor held tightly to their chest. Because of their
    sacrifice, our Nation is stronger, safer, and will always remain a
    shining beacon of freedom for the rest of the world.
    With a familiar design that has evolved along with a growing Nation, our
    flag stitches the ideals for which America was born to the reality of
    our times. It reminds us that fidelity to our founding principles
    requires new responses to new challenges. As we prepare to meet the
    great tests of our age, let every American draw inspiration from this
    symbol of our past, our present, and our common dreams.
    To commemorate the adoption of our flag, the Congress, by joint
    resolution approved August 3, 1949, as amended (63 Stat. 492),
    designated June 14 of each year as ``Flag Day'' and requested that the
    President issue an annual proclamation calling for its observance and
    for the display of the flag of the United States on all Federal
    Government buildings. The Congress also requested, by joint resolution
    approved June 9, 1966, as amended (80 Stat. 194), that the President
    annually issue a proclamation designating the week in which June 14
    occurs as ``National Flag Week'' and call upon citizens of the United
    States to display the flag during that week.
    NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of
    America, do hereby proclaim June 14, 2014, as Flag Day and the week
    beginning June 8, 2014, as National Flag Week. I direct the appropriate
    officials to display the flag on all Federal Government buildings during
    that week, and I urge all Americans to observe Flag Day and National
    Flag Week by displaying the flag. I also call upon the people of the
    United States to observe with pride and all due ceremony those days from
    Flag Day through Independence Day, also set aside by the Congress (89
    Stat. 211), as a time to honor America, to celebrate our heritage in
    public gatherings and activities, and to publicly recite the Pledge of
    Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth 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.
    BARACK OBAMA