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 1694 PROCLAMATIONS-OCT. 22, 27, 1941 [55 STAT. of the many vital phases of the civilian defense program and of the opportunities which it offers for the participation of every individual American in the defense of our priceless heritage, and I request the Governors of the several States, Territories, and possessions of the United States to issue similar proclamations. 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 2 2 n d day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-one and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-sixth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. ARMISTICE DAY-1941 October 27,1941 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [No. 2520] A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the armistice of November 11, 1918 marked the suc- cessful end of a war which undeniably saved democracies from impe- rialistic conquest; and WHEREAS, in most parts of the world a generation of mankind lived in peace; and WHEREAS forces of lawlessness and inhumanity have again been unleashed against us; and WHEREAS Senate Concurrent Resolution 18, Sixty-ninth Con- gress, passed June 4, 1926 (44 Stat. 1982), requests the President of the United States to issue a proclamation calling for the observance of November 11 with appropriate ceremonies, and the act of May 6u.s.c. 87a. 13, 1938 (52 Stat. 351), provides that the 11th day of November of each year shall be a legal public holiday, to be known as Armistice Day: Observance of Nov. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President Day1941 as Armistice of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the United States to pause upon November 11, 1941, to show gratitude for the past, to rededicate the Nation to the fundamentals of human liberty, and to defend our future. I accordingly invite the people to observe that day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies, and I direct that the flag of the United States be displayed 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 27th day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-one, and of [EAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-sixth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State.

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