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 PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. ao, 31. 1031 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. Done at the city of Washington this 15th day of July in the year of [SEAL] our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth. ‘ Bmw Hsamsoiv By the President: J omc W. Fosrmz. Secretary of State. [No. 31.] Br rum Pnnsmrmrr or trim- Umrnn Srarms or Ammmcs. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by a Joint Resolution, approved June 29, 1892, it was re- July 2M 1*2- solved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States mums. of America in Congress assembled, “That the President of the United ‘”"‘·P·**°"· States be authorized and directed to issue a proclamation recommending to the people the observance in all their localities of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America, on the twenty-first of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, by public demonstrations and by suitable exercises in their schools and other places of assembly ;” Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States ,°,?f‘:“`_;j,f;a‘,f_'”·m*:; of America, in pursuance of the aforesaid joint resolution do hereby ap- vm.? of nm asmpoint Friday, October 21, 1892, the four hundredth anniversary of the §I{Q§Q‘d f§§§{f,,‘“h'§§j Discovery of America by Columbus, as a general holiday for the people <l¤y— of the United States. On that day let the people, so far as possible, cease from toil and devote themselves to such exercises as may best express honor to the Discoverer and their appreciation of the great achievements of the four completed centuries of American life. Columbus stood in his age as the pioneer of progress and enlightenment. The system of universal education is in our age the most prominent and salutary feature of the spirit of enlightenment, and it is peculiarly appropriate that the schools be made by the people the center of the day’s demonstration. Let the National Flag float over every school house in the country, and the exercises be such as shall impress upon our youth the patriotic duties of American citizenship. In the churches and in the other places of assembly of the people, let there be expressions of gratitude to Divine Providence for the devout faith of the Discoverer, and for the Divine care and guidance which has directed our history and so abundantly blessed our people. in testimony whereof, I have hereunto mt my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be atlixed. Done at the city of Washington, this 21st day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and [sum.,} of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth. Bmw Hsnmsou By the President: Jour: W. Fosrnn. Secretary of State.