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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARCH 30, 1948
I AM AN AMERICAN DAY, 1948
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS the stature of our country has been augmented by the
millions who have come here from other lands to realize their dreams
of liberty and opportunity; and
WHEREAS the vigor of our national life is constantly renewed
by the coming of age of our native-born youth, who add their strength
to the cause of preserving the heritage which has been held in trust
for them; and
WHEREAS loyalty to a great ideal has brought together people
of every race, creed, and culture -- all blended into a unity which has
been the strength of our country and has enabled it to meet every
crisis; and
WHEREAS the trying problems, both foreign and domestic, which
face our Nation today require unselfish devotion and united effort on
the part of all our citizens:
NARA
NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. THMMAN, President of the United
States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by
the Congress in a joint resolution approved May 3, 1940 (54 Stat. 178),
do hereby designate Sunday, May 16, 1948, as I Am Art American Day, and
do set aside that day as an occasion for stressing the worth and meaning
of American citizenship and rendering special recognition to those who
have been naturalized during the past year as well as to those of our
youth who have reached their majority and are ready to assume the full
responsibilities of citizenship.
I call upon Federal, State, and local officials, as well as
patriotic, civic, and educational organizations, to conduct exercises
on or about May 16 expressing thankfulness for the rights and privileges
of American citizenship and solemn acceptance of our obligations as
citizens, at home and abroad, to the end that peace and happiness may
be attained by Americans and by other peoples everywhere.
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 thirtieth day of March
in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and forty-
(SEAL)
eight, and of the Independence
of the United States of
America the one hundred and
seventy-second.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
By the President:
ROBERT A. LOVETT
Acting Secretary of State.