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The original documents are located in Box 34, folder "Armed Forces Day" of the
William J. Baroody Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 34 of the William J. Baroody Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE OF OF THE UNITED
Armed Forces Day
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
For nearly two hundred years, in times of war and peace, the Armed
Forces of the United States have served the Nation with courage and
devotion. In this country, and throughout the world, those who wear the
uniforms of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard
are respected for their patriotic service.
It is fitting and proper that we set aside one day each year to pay
tribute to these men and women.
NOW, THEREFORE I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the
United States of America and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
of the United States, continuing the precedent of my five immediate
predecessors in this Office, do hereby proclaim the third Saturday of
each May as Armed Forces Day.
I direct the Secretary of Defense on behalf of the Army, the Navy,
the Air Force, and the Marine Corps, and the Secretary of Transporta-
tion on behalf of the Coast Guard, to plan for appropriate observances
each year, with the Secretary of Defense responsible for soliciting the
participation and cooperation of civil authorities and private citizens.
I invite the Governors of the States, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, and other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, to
provide for the observance of Armed Forces Day within their jurisdic-
tion each year in an appropriate manner designed to enhance public
understanding and appreciation of the Armed Forces of the United
States.
I also invite national and local veterans, civic and other organizations
to provide for the observance of Armed Forces Day each year.
I call upon my fellow Americans not only to display proudly the flag
of the United States at their homes on Armed Forces Day, but also to
avail themselves of the opportunity to further their knowledge of our
Defense Establishment and of the men and women who constitute our
real national strength, by attending and participating in the local observ-
ances of the day.
Proclamation No. 4276 of March 21, 1974, is hereby superseded.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-
fifth day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-five,
and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hun-
dred ninety-ninth.
Gerall R. Ford
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
FORD is LIBRARY 928470
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