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 1968 PROCLAMATIONS, 1924. especially direct the attention of public officials, civic organizations and news Japers to the im iortanceqof carrying on impressive activities in our schools, homes and industrial establishments. The preservation of thousands of lives and valuable property is a task worthy of our constant endeavor and wholesome cooperation. . _IN WITNESS WHEREOF,`_ I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United. States to be fixed. DONE at the City of Wasliington this twelfth day of Se tember in the year of our Lord ~ one thousand nine hundired and [SEAL.] twenty-four, and of the Indeyendence of the United States of America the one hundlred and forty-ninth. CALVIN CooLmeE By the President: · CHARLES E. EIUGHES Secretary of State. _ 0<=w*><>r1¤.1¤24· Br THE PRESIDENT or THE·_-UNITED STATES or Ammmor. A PRO CLAMATION m§,§§°“‘“ m°’““' WHEREAS, there are various military reservations under the con. rmemtie. trol of the Secretary of War which comprise areas of historic and scientific interest; · · · · · V°‘·34·p·225· AND WHEREAS, by section 2 of the Act of Congress approved June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225) the President is authorized "in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, andofficr objects of historic or scientiho interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and may reserve as a part thereof plarcels of land, the limits of which in all cases Shall be conhned to the" smallest area compatible with the _ pro er care and manaigement of the objects to be protected", ,.§§?‘§1tt%¥l%‘E¤$§“*§g iibw THEREFO E, 1, oaivia cottage, resides of the united ¤¤**¤¤¤*m¤¤¤¤1¤¤*¤· States of America, under authority of the said Act of Congress do hereby declare and proclaim the hereinafter designated areas with the historic structures and objects thereto appertaining, and any other object or objects specifically designated, within the following military reservations to be national monuments: F°**W°°d·N·Y· roar woop, NEW roar -~. _ The site of the Statue of Liberty Enlightenin the World, the foundations of which are built infthe form of an eiven-pointed star . and clearly de5ne the area comprisin about two and one·half acres. S,%€”S°1° Pi“°k“°y’ OAS TLE P I N OKNEY , Charleston I·Iarbor, South Carolina. The entire reservation, comprising three and one—half acres situated on Shutes Folly Island at the mouth of Cooper River opposite the southern extremity of the city of Charleston and about one mile _ distant therefrom. — F°"P“‘¤Sk‘·Ga· FORT PULASK1, eaosenl- · ‘ - The entire area com rising the site of the old fortifications which are clearly defined by ditches and einbankments, which inclose about F M 1 F1 twenty acres.,  °'t ’”‘?“' a' FORT MARION, FLORIDA   I The entire area comprising 18.09 acres situated in the city of Saint Augustine, Florida. · ‘ `