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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1937 COLUMBUS DAY September 18, 1937 [No. 2253] Columbus Day, 1937. Preamble. 48 Stat. 657. 36U.S.C. 146. Statutory provi- sions. Designating Octo- ber 12, 1937, as, and inviting observance. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS Public Resolution 21, Seventy-third Congress, ap- proved April 30, 1934, provides: "That the President of the United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation designating October 12 of each year as Columbus Day and calling upon officials of the Govern- ment to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on said date and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies expressive of the public sentiment befitting the anniversary of the discovery of America"; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid public resolution, do by this proclamation designate October 12, 1937, as Columbus Day and do direct that on that day the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government buildings; and, further, I do invite the people of the United States to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies in schools and churches, or other suitable places. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 18" day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-second. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. GENERAL PULASKI MEMORIAL DAY September 18, 1937 [No. 2264] General Pulaski Memorial Day. Preamble. Statutory provi- sions. 50 Stat. 62 . BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS General Casimir Pulaski crossed the seas to offer his services to General Washington and to the young Republic in its hour of need; and WHEREAS General Pulaski organized the cavalry unit known as the Pulaski Legion, which he commanded with distinction until the day when he fell mortally wounded while leading a charge at Savannah; and WHEREAS he died from the wounds thus received on October 11, 1779; and WHEREAS Public Resolution 24, Seventy-fifth Congress, approved on April 13, 1937, provides: "That the President of the United States is authorized and directed to issue a proclamation calling upon officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all gov- ernmental buildings on October 11, 1937, and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies in commem- oration of the death of General Casimir Pulaski." 396

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