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 731 PROCLAMATIONS-MAR. 12, 15, 1943 I AM AN AMERICAN DAY, 1943 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS Public Resolution No. 67, approved May 3, 1940 (54 Stat. 178), provides in part: "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 citi- zens of the United States and of the States and localities in which they reside." AND WHEREAS during the past year our country has been strengthened through the voluntary association with us, by naturaliza- tion, of many thousands of men and women from other lands and through our youth who, by coming of age, have attained full citi- zenship: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Sunday, May 16, 1943, as "I Am An American Day"; I urge that that day be set aside as a public occasion for the recognition of all our citizens who have attained their majority or who have been naturalized during the past year; and I call upon Federal, State, and local officials, and patriotic, civic, and educational organizations to take part on or about May 16 in exercises designed to assist our citizens, both native-born and naturalized, to understand more fully the duties and opportunities of citizenship and its special responsibilities in a nation at war. 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 12 th day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-three and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-seventh. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: SUMNER WELLES Acting Secretary of State. ESTABLISHING THE JACKSON HOLE NATIONAL MONUMENT-WYOMING BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the area in the State of Wyoming known as the Jackson Hole country, including that portion thereof which is located in the Teton National Forest, contains historic landmarks and other March 12, 1943 [No. 2577] 36U.S. .. 152. Designation of May 16,1943asIAmAn American Day. March 15, 1943 [No. 2578] 57 STAT.]

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