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PROCLAMATION 3535-APR. 26, 1963

[77 STAT.

Constitution on September 17, 1787, and in recognition of those citizens who have come of age and those who have been naturalized during the year; and WHEREAS by a joint resolution approved August 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 932), the Congress requested the President to designate the week beginning September 17 of each year as Constitution Week—a time for the study and observance of the acts and events which resulted in the formation of the Constitution; and WHEREAS those resolutions of the Congress authorize the President to issue annually a proclamation calling for the observance of Citizenship Day and of Constitution Week: NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, call upon the appropriate officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on Citizenship Day, September 17, 1963; and I urge Federal, State, and local officials, as well as all religious, civic, educational, and other organizations, to hold appropriate ceremonies on that day to inspire all our citizens to rededicate themselves to the faith of the Framers of the Constitution and to the ideals upon which they founded this Nation. I also designate the period b e ^ n n i n g September 17 and ending September 23, 1963, as Constitution Week; and I urge the people of the United States to observe that week with appropriate ceremonies and activities in their schools and churches and in other suitable places to the end that our citizens may have a better understanding of the Constitution and of the rights and responsibilities of United States citizenship. I N W r 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 twenty-sixth day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-three, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-seventh. JOHN F. KENNEDY

By the President: DEAN R U S K,

Secretary of State.

Proclamation 3535 MOTHER'S DAY, 1963 April 26, 1963

By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

WHEREAS the strength of our Nation depends upon the strength of the American home, which is based on the virtues fostered by the mothers of our country; and WHEREAS the American mother plays a vital role by precept and example in building a strong family unit and in teaching our children to become good citizens; and WHEREAS it is fitting that we should set aside one day of each year to acknowledge and express publicly our great affection, gratitude, and respect for the mothers of our Nation; and

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