[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 131, 115th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
Proclamation 9623 of June 14, 2017

Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2017

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

On Flag Day, we honor the symbol that reminds us that we are one Nation
under God, united in our pursuit of liberty and justice for all. Today,
we celebrate and recognize June 14 as the day in 1777 when the
Continental Congress formally adopted the Stars and Stripes as the
official flag of the Republic.
Our flag is a source of inspiration and strength to all Americans.
Wherever Old Glory flies, we remember the six United States Marines
raising the flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima,
astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planting it on the surface of
the moon, and our firefighters elevating it above Ground Zero following
the terrorist attacks of September 11. At the White House, at our homes,
churches, offices, and schools, in our town squares and military
installations at home and abroad, our flag celebrates our independence
and highlights our resolve to defend and protect the country and the
values that we hold dear.

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By honoring our flag, we pay due respect to the patriots and heroes who
have laid down their lives in defense of the liberty it represents. As
we raise the flag, we stand and salute or place our hands on our hearts,
and we recall the fundamental truths upon which this Nation was founded:
that we are all created equal and that just government derives its power
from the people.
I am blessed to have shared my birthday with the Star Spangled Banner
and the U.S. Army for 71 years now. Again, on Flag Day, I am deeply
grateful to live under the red, white, and blue, and all for which it
stands.
To commemorate the adoption of our flag, in 1949, the Congress requested
the President recognize, by proclamation, that June 14 is ``Flag Day''
and requested the American flag be displayed on all Federal Government
buildings. The Congress also requested, in 1966, 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, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim June 14, 2017, as Flag Day, and this week as
National Flag Week. I direct the appropriate officials to display the
flag on all Federal Government buildings during this week, and I urge
all Americans to observe Flag Day and National Flag Week by displaying
the flag. I also encourage the people of the United States to observe
with pride and all due ceremony those days from Flag Day through
Independence Day, 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 fourteenth day of
June, in the year of our Lord two thousand seventeen, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
first.
DONALD J. TRUMP