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PROCLAMATION 4160-SEPT. 30, 1972

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that freedom might be preserved. Let all Americans give these veterans a helping hand in their readjustment to civilian life. Let us, as a people, give them our gratitude and our prayers. I direct the appropriate officials of Government to arrange for the display of the flag of the United States on that day. And I request the officials of Federal, State and local governments, schools, civic and patriotic organizations to give their enthusiastic support and leadership to appropriate public ceremonies throughout the Nation, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentyfifth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-seventh. C ^ ^ ^ •wi>.». »<y

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PROCLAMATION 4160

National Heritage Day September30, 1972

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A Proclamation

The special quality of the United States is the interaction of many peoples from many lands, each asserting the freedom to be different, each respecting and honoring his own ethnic heritage, while contributing to a nation in which all are Americans together. The shining guarantee of our national future is precisely the repeated rebirth, the reinvigoration, the gift of renewal, implicit in this constant meeting of the world's peoples here in our own land. The unusual virtue of the United States is that all men and women are accepted for what they are, with friendship and respect founded upon knowledge and understanding of all races, creeds, and national origins. The "melting pot" is one of unity, but never of uniformity. The national pride of the United States is, in this sense, pride of our people in the heritage we draw from all nations. Ante, p. 754.

In order that we may pause for a moment to express our appreciation of America's heritage, the Congress, by House Joint Resolution 1304, has requested the President to issue a proclamation designating Sunday, October 1, 1972, as National Heritage Day. - . - ., - ...........- .........

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