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 2480 September 11, 1931. PROCLAMATIONS, 1931. to the end that patriotic lessons may be drawn from the spirit of courage and self-sacrifice which animated our forefathers; and fur- ther, I hereby direct that on that day the flag of the United States be appropriately displayed upon all Government buildings in the United States. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 3d day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-one, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-sixth. HERBERT HOOVER By the President: W. R. CASTLE, Jr. Acting Secretary of State. [No. 1967] PULASKI MEMORIAL DAY BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION General Casimir Pu. WHEREAS, Count Casimir Pulaski, brave officer and brilliant caval- . Preamble. . ryman, exiled by reason of his patriotic efforts In defence of the Revolutionary "!If liberties of his native land, offered his sword to the United States in record. 1777, was commissioned Brigadier-General in the Continental Army in recognition of his conduct at the battle of Brandywine, raised in 1778 a volunteer Legion of horse and foot which he commanded with distinction, took a notable part in the Southern campaign of the ensuing year, was mortally wounded at the assault on Savannah of October 9, and died of hIS wounds on October 11, 1779; WHEREAS, October 11, 1931, will mark the one hundred and fifty- second anniversary of the death of this heroic officer, to whom it was not given to witness the triumph of the cause in which he fell but whom it is fitting to bear, equally with his more fortunate comrades, in public remembrance and gratitude; veTarmstroBot (talk) 21:56, 11 June 2014 (UTC)d~at~nf~: THER~FO.R.E, I, HERBERT HOOVER,. ~resident of ~he Unite4 States Vi~di 46 1627 of Amenca, In pursuance of the prOVISIons of Public ResolutIOn No. o. ,p.. 133, Seventy-first Congress, approved March 4, 1931, do hereby invite the people of the United States of America to honor on Sunday, the eleventh day of October Lext, the memory of Brigadier-General Casimir Pulaski, by holding s· lCh services, exercises and ceremonies in places of public worship or f..3sembly as may commemorate his life and death; and, further, I hereby direct that on that day the flag of the United States be appropriately displayed upon all Governmental buildings of the United States. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the United States. DONE at the City of Washington this 11th day of September, in the year of of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-one, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-sixth. By the President: HENRY L STIMSON Secretary of State. [No. 1968] HERBERT HOOVER