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 PUBLIC LAW 99-438—OCT. 2, 1986

100 STAT. 1083

Public Law 99-438 99th Congress Joint Resolution Designating July 2 and 3, 1987, as the "United States-Canada Days of Peace and Friendship".

Whereas, since the War of 1812, the people of the United States and Canada have peacefully shared and extended the longest border in the world; Whereas more cultural and economic exchanges are made between the United States and Canada than any other two countries; Whereas the United States and Canada have welcomed immigrants from all nations ever5^where, resulting in rich and similar cultures in each country; Whereas the United States and Canada share common ideals and institutions, including freedom, democracy, human rights, justice under law, and an ardent desire for a peaceful world; Whereas the United States and Canada have been allies against tyranny in two World Wars; Whereas the United States and Canada have confronted differences between the two countries with diplomacy and goodwill; Whereas the United States and Canada are rich in resources and, together, represent an ever-more-powerful prospect for world economic progress; Whereas the United States and Canada demonstrate the dynamism of democracy and, together, contribute to establishing lasting peace in the world; Whereas a similar resolution commemorating continued peace and friendship between the United States and Canada has been proposed in the Canadian Parliament; Whereas in Canada July 1 is Canada Day; Whereas in the United States July 4 is Independence Day; and Whereas the days between Canada Day and Independence Day are appropriate annual days on which to commemorate the friendship between the United States and Canada: Now, therefore, be it

Oct. 2, 1986 [S.J. Res. 402]

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