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PROCLAMATION 3665-AUG. 3, 1965

[79 STAT.

United States to observe the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Coast Guard on August 4, 1965, with appropriate ceremonies and activities. I also urge appropriate State and local officials, as well as public and private organizations, to join in the observance of this milestone in the history of the Coast Guard. 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. D O N E at the City of Washington this third day of August in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-five, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninetieth. LYNDON B. JOHNSON

By the President: DEAN R U S K,

Secretary of State.

Proclamation 3665 August 3.1965

GENERAL PULASKI'S MEMORIAL DAY, 1965 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

WHEREAS Casimir Pulaski, Polish patriot and valiant defender of freedom, offered his services to the Continental Army during the American war for independence; and WHEREAS Congress acknowledged his brilliant military leadership at Brandywine by awarding him the rank of brigadier general and allowing him to form an independent corps of cavalry and light infantry which won acclaim as Pulaski's Legion; and WHEREAS this year marks the one hundred and eighty-sixth anniversary of his death from wounds received while leading a cavalry charge during the siege of Savannah, Georgia; and WHEREAS it is proper that the American people continue to pay grateful tribute to General Pulaski for his heroic sacrifice in freedom's cause, and to the manifold and continuing contributions of Polish Americans in the defense and progress of this Nation; NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Monday, October 11, 1965, as General Pulaski's Memorial Day; and I direct the appropriate Government officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on that day. I also invite the people of the United States to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies in honor of the memory of General Pulaski and the noble cause for which he gave his life. 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. D O N E at the City of Washington this third day of August in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-five, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninetieth. LYNDON B. JOHNSON

By the President: DEAN R U S K,

Secretary

of State.

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