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PROCLAMATION 3673-SEPT. 22, 1965

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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 eighteenth day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-five, [SEAL] and 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 3673 COLUMBUS DAY, 1965 By the President of the United States of America

September 22, 1955

A Proclamation

WHEREAS Christopher Columbus four hundred and seventythree years ago journeyed westward across forbidding and unknown seas to open the way for the eventual establishment of our Nation and its free institutions; and WHEREAS the compelling drive of Columbus to seek new horizons has been an inspiration through the centuries to millions with the same enterprising spirit; and WHEREAS the persistence and daring of Columbus has left a heritage which sustains us now as we explore the unknown reaches of outer space; and WHEREAS the Congress, in recognition of our indebtedness to Christopher Columbus, by a joint resolution approved April 30, 1934 (48 Stat. 657), requested the President to issue a proclamation desig- 36 USC i46. nating October 12 of each year as Columbus Day: NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Tuesday, October 12, 1965, as Columbus Day; and I invite the people of this Nation to observe that day in schools and other suitable places with appropriate ceremonies in honor of the memory of Christopher Columbus. I also direct that the flag of the United States be displayed on all public buildings on Columbus Day. 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 22nd day of September 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.

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