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PROCLAMATION 3534- APR. 26, 1963

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WHEREAS the General Assembly of the United Nations has resolved that October twenty-fourth, the anniversary of the coming into force of the United Nations Charter, should be dedicated each year to making known the purposes, principles, and accomplishments of the United Nations: NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, do hereby urge the citizens of this Nation to observe Thursday, October 24, 1963, as United Nations Day by means of community programs which will demonstrate their faith in the United Nations and contribute to a better understanding of its aims, problems, and accomplishments. I also call upon the officials of the Federal and State Governments and upon, local officials to encourage citizen groups and agencies of the press, radio, television, and motion pictures to engage in appropriate observance of United Nations Day throughout the land in cooperation with the United States Committee for the United Nations and other organizations. 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. DONE at the City of Washington this twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord Nineteen hundred and sixty-three, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-seventh. JOHN F. KENNEDY

By the President DEAN EUSK,

Secretary

of State.

Proclamation 3534 CITIZENSHIP DAY AND CONSTITUTION WEEK, 1963 By the President of the United States of America

Apni 26, 1963

A Proclamation

WHEREAS September 17, 1963, marks the one hundred and seventy-sixth anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States on September 17, 1787; and WHEREAS the strength of our Nation and the fundamental rights of our citizens.are derived from the Constitution; and WHEREAS citizenship and constitutional precepts are inseparable; and WHEREAS, in this rapidly changing world of many challenges, it is imperative that all citizens, naturalized or native-born, be aware of the acts and events that led to the formulation and adoption of the Constitution in order that they may fully appreciate the meaning and significance of our precious heritage and place the highest value on our form of government; and WHEREAS it is appropriate on the one hundred and seventy-sixth anniversary of the signing of the Constitution that each citizen pledge himself anew to the service of his country and to being ever vigilant in the defense and preservation of the Constitution; and WHEREAS by a joint resolution approved February 29, 1952 (66 Stat. 9), the Congress designated the seventeenth day of September of each year as Citizenship Day in commeroration of the signing of the

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