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 PROCLAMATION 5998—JULY 7, 1989 103 STAT. 3063 HTS Subheading January 1, 1990 2401.20.50 35.2</kg + 74.3^/ kg on wrapper tobacco content lanuary 1, 1991 30.8</kg + 65</ kg on wr apper tobacco content January 1, 1992 26.4«/kg + 55.7</ kg on wrapper tobacco content January 1, 1993 22<r/kg + 46.4«t/ kg on wrapper tobacco content January 1, 1994 17.6<t/kg + 37.lt/kg on wra pper tobacco content. 17.W/kg + 37.lt/kg on wrapper tob ac co content. January 1, 1995 13.2t/kg + 27.8t/kg on wr apper tobacco content 13.2t/kg + 27.8t/kg on wrapper tobacco co nt ent January 1, 1996 8.8t/kg + 18.5(t/ kg on wrapper tobacco cont e nt 8.8t/kg + 18.5t/ kg on wrapper tobacco c ont ent January 1, 1997 January 1, 1998 4.4t/kg + 9.2t/ kg on wrapper tobacco content 4.4t/kg + 9.2t/ kg on wrapper tobacco content Free Free Proclamation 5998 of July 7, 1989 National Day To Commemorate the Bicentemiial of Bastille Day, the French Revolution, and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation On July 14, Americans will join the people of France in celebrating the 200th anniversary of the taking of the Bastille. As we commemorate the bicentennial of the French Revolution and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, we celebrate the values that we share and our partnership in the quest for liberty and justice. The United States achieved its Independence with considerable assist- ance from France and from individual French citizens like the Marquis de Lafayette. Lafayette and other French soldiers who came to this country to fight alongside Americans during otu* Revolution supported the cause of freedom and individual liberty. Bidding farewell to the Continental Congress in 1783, Lafayette exclaimed: "May this great monument, raised to Liberty, serve as a lesson to the oppressor, and an example to the oppressed!" A few years later, the significance of his words would be fully revealed. On July 14, 1789, the people of France stormed the despised Bastille prison in Paris, marking the beginning of their own struggle against tyr- anny. Shortly thereafter, the National Assembly of France approved the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. This historic docu- ment noted that "ignorance, neglect, or contempt of hmnan rights, are the sole causes of public misfortunes" and affirmed the concept of indi- vidual liberty. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was not only adopted within the same year as the Congress approved our Bill of Rights, but also contained some of the same themes, including freedom of religion, freedom of the press, security in one's property and person, and due process in courts of law. These documents proclaimed the in-

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