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Digitized from Box 3 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OCTOBER 3, 1974
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
LEIF ERIKSON DAY, 1974
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Nearly one thousand years ago, Leif Erikson and his
small crew of Norse explorers embarked upon a courageous
voyage through unknown seas that led them to the bountiful
shores of the New World.
Today most of the world's frontiers have been explored
but there are still personal frontiers that are no less
challenging and forbidding than those faced so many years
ago. As we push forward, let us draw inspiration from the
indomitable spirit and undaunting determination of Leif
Erikson. His achievement is a beacon for all men and women
of vision who navigate the rough waters of uncertainty and
adversity.
I am honored to comply with the request of the Congress
of the United States, in a joint resolution approved
September 2, 1964 (78 Stat. 849), that the President pro-
claim October 9 in each year as Leif Erikson Day.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the
United States of America, do hereby designate Wednesday,
October 9, 1974, as Leif Erikson Day and I direct the appro-
priate Government officials to display the flag of the
United States on all Government buildings that day.
I also invite the people of the United States to
honor the memory of Leif Erikson on that day by holding
appropriate exercises and ceremonies in suitable places
throughout our land.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
in third day of October , in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred seventy-four, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the one hundred ninety-ninth.
GERALD R. FORD
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