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 PROCLAMATIONS-MAY 10, 14, 1941 AIe, p. 1622 Item 9 of Proclamation 2468 of March 27, 1941, is superseded by item 7 of this proclamation. 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 1 0th day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-one, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. FLAG DAY-1941 May 14,1941 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [No. 2483] A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the flag which symbolizes the independence of our be- loved country and which through all the vicissitudes of our national existence has been the emblem of our unity, strength, and free institu- tions, was adopted by resolution of the Continental Congress June 14, 1777; and WHEREAS it has become customary to observe June 14 by appro- priate acts and exercises commemorative of the adoption of the flag and expressive of our devotion to the republic which it so nobly represents; and 39 stat. 1782. WHEREAS President Wilson, in his proclamation of May 30, 1916, requested that thenceforth June 14 be specially observed as a day on which we Americans might "rededicate ourselves to the nation, 'one and inseparable' " and "stand with united hearts, for an America which no man can corrupt, no influence draw away from its ideals, no force divide against itself,-a nation signally distinguished among all the nations of mankind for its clear, individual conception alike of its duties and its privileges, its obligations and its rights"; and WHEREAS, at this time when the principles of unity and freedom symbolized by Old Glory are under attack, it is especially fitting that we reaffirm our faith in the ideals for which our flag stands and our loyalty to the nation over which it has waved for more than a century and a half; Degnationotfune NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- 14, 1as Plag Day. dent of the United States of America, do hereby direct that the flag be displayed on all Government buildings on June 14, 1941, and do call upon the people of the United States to observe that day as Flag Day by suitable ceremonies in class rooms, public gatherings, and places of worship, and by displaying the flag at their homes and other appro- priate 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 14 th day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-one, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. [55 STTr.

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