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PROCLAMATION 3319—OCT. 9, 1959

Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this twenty-eighth day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen LsEAL] hundred and fifty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-fourth. DwiGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: CHRISTIAN A. HERTER,

Secretary

of State.

COLUMBUS DAY, 1959 o^f°b^%9 1959 [No. 3319J

36 USC 146.

By the President of the United States '

of America A Proclamation

WHEREAS in the year 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed westward across an uncharted sea and planted his banner on the shores of the New World; and WHEREAS this intrepid explorer, whose voyage opened the way for the eventual establishment of our Nation and its free institutions, symbolizes the American heritage of discovery and daring achievement; and WHEREAS the qualities of Columbus—his courage, his vision, and his loyalty to a great cause—are a constant inspiration to us as we seek to reach ever higher levels of accomplishment, both as individuals and as a Nation; and WHEREAS, in recognition of our indebtedness to Columbus, the Congress of the United States, by a joint resolution approved April 30, 1934 (48 Stat. 657), authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation designating October 12 of each year as Columbus Day: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. President of the United States of America, do hereby designate

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