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 PROCLAMATIONS-JUNE 1, 11, 1948 FLAG DAY, 1948 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS on June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as our national emblem; and WHEREAS Americans of varied heritage, creed, and race have found refuge from oppression and surcease of fear under the protecting folds of Old Glory; and WHEREAS in our day the American flag symbolizes the realization of the ideal of freedom in a world where that ideal is insecure; and WHEREAS it has properly become a national custom to observe the anniversary of the adoption of the flag by public and private ceremonies in commemoration of the flag's inspiring history and in recognition of its present meaning: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby direct that the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government buildings on June 14, 1948, and I call upon the people of the Nation to observe that day as Flag Day by suitable ceremonies and by the display of the flag at their homes and other appropriate places. I also urge all citizens to reflect upon the responsibilities which this banner enjoins as well as the privileges it carries, remembering that the flag represents the Nation and that our Nation and its citizens should uphold the concept of free govern- ment on all occasions in order that the blessings of liberty may flourish among men. 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 Ist day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-second. By the President: ROBERT A LOVETT Acting Secretary of State HARRY S TRUMAN SUPPLEMENTING PROCLAMATIONS OF DECEMBER 16, 1947 AND JANU- ARY 1, 1948, CARRYING OUT GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE AND EXCLUSIVE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH CUBA, RESPECTIVELY BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS (1), pursuant to the authority conferred by section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by section 1 of the Act of June 12, 1934, by the Joint Resolution approved June 7, 1943, and by sections 2 and 3 of the Act of July 5, 1945 (48 Stat. 943 and 944, ch. 474, 57 Stat. 125, ch. 118, 59 Stat. 410 and 411, ch. 269; 19 U. S. C. (1946) 1351), the period within which said authority may be exercised having been extended by section 1 of said Act of July 5, 1945 until the 1515 June 1, 1948 INo. 2789] Observance of June 14, 1948, as Flag Day. June 11, 1948 [No. 2790] 62 STAT.1

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