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 PROCLAMATIONS-SEPT. 13, 20, 1948 COLUMBUS DAY, 1948 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS four hundred and fifty-six years ago Christopher Columbus broadened the world's horizons through his keen vision, his indomitable spirit, and his unflagging persistence; and WHEREAS the old world which gave him birth and the new world which he discovered are now joined in closer relationship not only through modern miracles of speed but also through mutual need for the achievement of lasting peace and a higher civilization; and WHEREAS it is fitting that the exploits of this gallant navigator, who has enriched the lives of all peoples by showing the way to a land of unparalleled opportunities, should be commemorated on the anni- versary of his finding that land; and WHEREAS the Congress of the United States, by a joint resolu- tion approved April 30, 1934 (48 Stat. 657), has authorized and re- quested the President to issue a proclamation designating October 12 of each year as Columbus Day: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Tuesday, October 12, 1948, as Columbus Day, and I invite the people of the United States to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies in their homes, their schools, their churches, and in other suitable places. I also direct that the flag of the United States be displayed on all Govern- ment 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 13t h day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-third. By the President: G C MARSHALL Secretary of State HARRY S TRUMAN September 13, 1948 [No. 2813] 36 U.S .C. §146. Designation of October 12, 1948, as Columbus Day. GENERAL PULASKI'S MEMORIAL DAY, 1948 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS October 11, 1948, is the one hundred and sixty-ninth anniversary of the death of Count Casimir Pulaski, son of a foreign nation, who gave his life for the cause of American freedom; and WHEREAS his death from a wound received while leading the celebrated Pulaski Legion at the siege of Savannah, in 1779, brought to a heroic end, at the youthful age of 31 years, a life which had given promise of further glorious achievements on behalf of humankind; and WHEREAS this distinguished Pole who achieved the rank of Brigadier General in the American Revolutionary Army bequeathed to all liberty-loving people a tradition of fidelity to principle which remains an inspiration to our own generation: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Monday, October 11, 1948, as General Pulaski's Memorial Day. I call upon the officials of the Government to display the flag on Government buildings on that September 20, 1948 [No. 2814] Designation of October 11, 1948, as General Pulaski's Memorial Day. 62 STAT.] 1557

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