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 54 STAT.] PROCLAMATIONS- Apr 30, 1940 2701 Day by displaying the flag at their homes or other suitable places and do direct Government officials to display the flag on all Government buildings on that day. 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 30" day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fourth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: SUMNER WELLES Acting Secretary of State. "I AM AN AMERICAN DAY"-1940 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA May3,1940 [No. 2902] A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, the preamble to Public Resolution 67, 76th Congress, Prmble. 3d Session, approved May 3, 1940, recites: "Whereas some two million young men and women in the United States each year reach the age of twenty-one years; and "Whereas it is desirable that the sovereign citizens of our Nation be prepared for the responsibilities and impressed with the significance of their status in our self-governing Republic"; AND WHEREAS the said public resolution provides: "That the third Sunday in May each year be, and hereby is, set aside as Citizenship Day and that the President of the United States is hereby authorized and requested to issue annually a proclamation setting aside that day as a public occasion for the recognition of all who, by coming of age or naturalization, have attained the status of citizenship, and the day shall be designated as 'I Am An American Day'. "That the civil and educational authorities of States, counties, cities, and towns be, and they are hereby, urged to make plans for the proper observance of this day and for the full instruction of future citizens in their responsibilities and opportunities as citizens of the United States and of the States and localities in which they reside. "Nothing herein shall be construed as changing, or attempting to change, the time or mode of any of the many altogether com- mendable observances of similar nature now being held from time to time, or periodically, but to the contrary, such practices are hereby praised and encouraged. "SEC. 2 . Either at the time of the rendition of the decree of naturalization or at such other time as the judge may fi, the judge or someone designated by him shall address the newly naturalized citizen upon the form and genius of our Government and the privileges and responsibilities of citizenship; it being the intent and purpose of this section to enlist the aid of the judiciary, in cooperation with civil and educational authorities, and patri- otic organizations in a continuous effort to dignify and emphasize the significance of citizenship." 193470°-41 -PT. --- 98

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