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Honors for late Chief Justice Frederick Moore Vinson.

PROCLAMATIONS—SEPT. 22, 1953

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the United States in 1946, assuming the office on June 24 of that year; and WHEREAS, his extraordinary wisdom, his singular patience, and his kindly humor endeared him to all who knew him, and enabled him to overcome many difficulties and to carry out brilliantly the many arduous tasks assigned to him; and WHEREAS, although his voice is silenced, his faith, his courage, his dignity, and his supreme integrity remain as beacons to guide his fellow men in bringing their best ideals to realization; NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby direct that the National Flag be displayed at half staff upon all the public buildings of the United States for thirty days; that the usual and appropriate civil, military, and naval honors be rendered to the memory of the late Chief Justice; and that on all the Embassies, Legations, and Consulates of the United States in foreign countries, the National Flag be flown at half staff for thirty days from the receipt of this proclamation. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. D O N E at the City of Washington this eighth day of September in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Three, [SEAL] and of the independence of the United States of America the One Hundred and Seventy-eighth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER D U L L E S

Secretary of State

GENERAL PULASKI'S MEMORIAL D A Y, September 22, 1953 [No. 3032]

1953

BY THE P R E S I D E N T OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

General Pulaski's Memorial Day, 1953.

WHEREAS Count Casimir Pulaski came to this land from his native Poland to serve in freedom's cause, joined the Continental Army to fight for the independence of our Nation, and for it laid down his life; and WHEREAS October 11, 1953, marks the one hundred and seventyfourth anniversary of the death of this lover of liberty who, having risen to the rank of Brigadier General, suffered a mortal wound while leading the Pulaski Legion at the siege of Savannah, Georgia, on October 9, 1779, and died two days later, a martyr to his ideals; and WHEREAS General Pulaski's selfless offering on the altar of American independence should be a source of spiritual strength to all who love liberty today and have the will to preserve it: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby invite all the people of this Nation to observe Sunday, October 11, 1953, as General Pulaski's Memorial Day with ceremonies commemorative of his priceless contribution to the cause of freedom; and I direct that the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government buildings on that day in honor of the memory of General Casimir Pulaski. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

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