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 [57 STAT. 740 PROCLAMATIONS-MAY 3, 1943 FLAG DAY, 1943 May 3, 1943 [No. 2586] Observance of June 14, 1943 as Flag Day. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION June 14 has for many years been set aside as Flag Day in honor of the emblem of our national strength and unity. This year the Stars and Stripes is a battle emblem flying in the deserts and jungles and over arctic snows. It flies with our men in Africa, Australia, New Zealand, China, Burma, and the Aleutians, and in fastnesses of the world so remote that the American flag has never been seen there before. In the Coral Sea and the Atlantic and Pacific, it is a mark of hope to our allies and of despair to our enemies. Our colors have found their way to the heart of the enemy over Berlin and Tokyo. We know that our flag is not fighting alone. This year the flags of thirty-two United Nations are marching together, borne forward by the bravery of free men. Together they are the emblem of a gathering offensive that shall liberate the world. As brothers in arms, we of the United Nations have pledged to one another our mutual strength until total victory is won and peace assured. Our armies, our navies, and our air forces are now perfecting the teamwork with our allies which shall, under God, bring victory in this great cause to which freedom-loving mankind has dedicated itself. Made strong by our common bonds, we shall face the future with resolution and rededicate ourselves to the achievement of per- manent collaboration among nations and security for all men. For only by teamwork can we win the war and establish a lasting peace. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, do hereby ask that on Flag Day, June 14, 1943, the people of our Nation honor the peoples of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, China, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Can- ada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nica- ragua, Norway, Panama, the Commonwealth of the Philippines, Poland, the Union of South Africa, and Yugoslavia. I direct the officials of the Federal Government, and I request the officials of the State and local governments, to have our colors dis- played on all Government buildings on Flag Day, and I urge the people of the United States on that day to fly the American flag from their homes and to arrange, where feasible, for joint displays of the emblems of the freedom-loving nations. 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 3 rd day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-three, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-seventh. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

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