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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MAY 29, 1946
FLAG DAY, 1946
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
2692
WHEREAS on June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress adopted
the flag which we cherish as the flag of the United States of America;
and
WHEREAS under this flag generations of Americans have lived
and worked to establish the foundations of our country's greatness; and
WHEREAS this flag has become the beloved symbol of our way of
life, our achievements as a people, and the many blessings which Providence
has heaped upon us; and
WHEREAS for many years it has been customary to observe the
anniversary of the day of the adoption of the flag as Flag Day; and
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WHEREAS in this year following our great victories on the
field of battle it is especially appropriate that we continue the cus-
tomary observance of this day, and dedicate ourselves with renewed
devotion to the responsibilities and obligations of citizenship under
this flag:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United
States of America, do hereby designate June 14, 1946, as Flag Day, and
direct that the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government
buildings on that day.
And I urge that the people of the United States observe that
day by suitable public ceremonies and by the display of the flag at their
homes and other appropriate places; and I suggest that, in recognition of
the joint victories achieved by the United States and her allies, the
flags of the United Nations be shown, wherever possible, in the company
of the flag of the United States.
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 twenty-ninth day of May 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 seventieth.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
By the President:
JAMES F. BYRNES
Secretary of State.