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PROCLAMATION 3351—JUNE 1, 1960

FLAG DAY, 1960 ^N ^ ho^^f ^T [No. oJolJ

By the President of the United States ' of America A Proclamation

36 USC 157.

WHEREAS in the first year of our national independence, on June 14, 1777, "the United States in Congress assembled" created the flag of the United States consisting of thirteen stripes of red and white and a union of thirteen white stars in a blue field; and WHEREAS the stars of the union, representing the States of the Nation, have multiplied with the passing years until they will number fifty on July 4, 1960; and WHEREAS it is fitting that the sight of our flag should stir our hearts with pride and gratitude for our national heritage of independence, union, and equality under representative government dedicated to freedom and justice for all; and WHEREAS it is proper on the birthday of the Stars and Stripes that we should recall the qualities of greatness that our Founding Fathers displayed when, with firm reliance on Divine Providence, they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to bring this Nation into being; and WHEREAS the troubled times in which we live call for the courage, steadfastness, and wisdom of our forefathers in their times of trial and for renewed dedication to our country under the banner which symbolizes our national purposes; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved August 3, 1949 (63 Stat. 492), designated June 14 of each year as Flag Day and requested the President to issue annually a proclamation calling upon the Government and the people of the United States to observe that day: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United

[74 STAT.

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