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PROCLAMATIONS—JUNE 10, 1959

[73 STAT.

FLAG D A Y, 1959 June 10, 1959 [No. 3299]

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

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS on June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress resolved "That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white: that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation"; and WHEREAS the flag's original field of stars has expanded with the passing years as our Nation has grown and prospered under the principles of liberty, justice, and representative government; and WHEREAS it is fitting that on the anniversary of its origin we pay especial honor to the Stars and Stripes, which stands for the basic principles of our Republic; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved August 3, 1949 (63 Stat. 492), designated June 14 of each year as Flag D a y and requested the President to issue annually a proclamation calling for the observance of that day: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Sunday, June 14, 1959, to be Flag D a y; and I call upon the responsible officials of the Federal Government and of the State and local governments to arrange for the display of the flag on all public buildings on that day. I also urge the people of the United States to observe Flag Day by flying the flag at their homes and other suitable places and by organizing and participating in appropriate services and ceremonies. 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 tenth day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-third. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: DOUGLAS

DILLON,

Acting Secretary of State.

AMERICAN EDUCATION W E E K, June 15, 1959 [No. 3300]

1959

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

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the education of our citizens has been a powerful and unifying force in bringing America to its present greatness; and WHEREAS we must always defend and maintain—and employ— that greatness for ourselves and for our allies in the Free World; and WHEREAS the lessons of today emphasize the fact that individual freedom, responsible democracy, and a rising level of living demand the full strength of a highly trained and dedicated citizenry: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the period from November 8 through November 14, 1959, as American Education

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