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 PROCLAMATIONS

Proclamation 3502 NATIONAL CULTURAL CENTER WEEK By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

October 15, 1962

WHEREAS the Congress, by an Act approved September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1698), established a board known as the Trustees of the National Cultural Center to plan, create, and operate a National Cultural Center in the Nation's Capital; and WHEREAS the National Cultural Center will provide facilities for the presentation of classical and contemporary music, drama, opera, dance, poetry, and other performing arts; and WHEREAS a nationwide fund-raising campaign will give the American people an opportunity to demonstrate their support of the creation of the National Cultural Center and also their support of cultural activities in their own communities; and WHEREAS this fund-raising program will be high-lighted on November 29, 1962, with a nationwide, closed-circuit telecast entitled "An American Pageant of the Arts," designed to display the contributions of each of the Nation's regions to our national cultural heritage; and WHEREAS communities participating in this telecast will retain one-half of the proceeds to support local cultural activities; and WHEREAS both Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Eisenhower now serve as Honorary Chairmen of the National Cultural Center and a number of citizens prominent in government, business, labor, and the arts are members of its Board of Trustees; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved October 15, 1962, has requested the President to issue a proclamation yg Stat. 910. designating the period from November 26, 1962, through December 2, 1962, as National Cultural Center Week: 955

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