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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DECEMBER 10, 1946
BILL OF RIGHTS DAY, 1946
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS December 15, 1946, marks the one hundred and fifty-
fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Bill of Rights; and
WHEREAS that covenant, which was written into our Consti-
tution by the first ten amendments, guarantees to the American people
freedom of religion, freedom of speech and assembly, and freedom to
petition for the redress of grievances; and
THEREAS the preservation of these inestimable privileges
can be guaranteed only by courage, determination, and unremitting
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vigilance; and
WHEREAS it is fitting that we should set aside a day for
solemn contemplation of our liberties and of the recent world-wide
battle to protect them from annihilation:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. truman, President of the United
States of America, pursuant to a joint resolution of the Congress
approved May 29, 1946, do hereby designate December 15, 1946, as
Bill of Rights Day. And I call upon the officials of the Government
to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings
on that day; and urge the people of the United States to observe the
day with appropriate ceremonies and prayer at their homes, in schools,
and in placés of congregation and of worship.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this ninth day of December
in the year of our Lord nine-
teen hundred and forty-six,
and of the Independence of
the United States of America
the one hundred and seventy-
first.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
By the President:
DEAN ACHESON
Acting Secretary of State.