[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 30 (Monday, August 2, 1993)]
[Pages 1478-1479]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 6582--40th Anniversary of the Korean Armistice

 July 27, 1993

By the President of the United States

of America

A Proclamation

    The friendship between the United States and South Korea is one 
formed in blood, for our troops fought shoulder to shoulder in defense 
of freedom. On the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Korean 
Armistice, it is appropriate that we honor those who fell in defense of 
freedom and human dignity and that we strive to create a new vision of 
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we as a community of neighbors can live in peace in the post-Cold War 
era.
    When President Truman sent American troops to Korea's defense 43 
years ago, he said he aimed to prove that ``Free men under God can build 
a community of neighbors working together for the good of all.'' The 
joint efforts of the United States and South Korea since then have 
benefited the citizens of our two countries and the peoples of the Asian 
Pacific region. Our relationship has made that region more secure, more 
prosperous, and more free.
    I join with all Americans in paying tribute to those who served in 
the Korean War and in remembering those who died in that conflict. We 
must not forget the lessons we learned--the Korean War must not be the 
``Forgotten War.''
    Veterans of Korea served America valiantly during one of the most 
destructive wars of this century. Their experiences remind all Americans 
of our great debt to those who have risked--and sometimes lost--their 
lives in defense of our liberty. As a Nation, we must always remember 
the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform and by their 
families. I salute the distinguished service records of our veterans, as 
well as the sacrifices that they have made for America.
    Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, President of the United 
States of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States, do hereby urge all Americans to observe 
July 27, 1993--the 40th Anniversary of the Korean Armistice--with 
appropriate programs and activities.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-seventh 
day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-three, 
and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred 
and eighteenth.
                                            William J. Clinton

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 2:36 p.m., July 28, 
1993]


Note: This proclamation was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on July 28, and it was published in the Federal Register on 
July 30.