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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Correspondence, White House Office of:
Records, 1981-1989
Folder Title: National Year of Friendship with
Finland
Box: 85 (1988)
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THE OF OF THE UNITED
SEAL
STATES
National Year of Friendship With
Finland, 1988
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Finnish settlers first arrived in this country in 1638, when Nordics, many of
them natives of Finland or Swedes who spoke Finnish, established the colony
of New Sweden in present-day Delaware. They introduced European civiliza-
tion to the Delaware River Valley and began the transformation of a vast
wilderness. Theirs were the pioneer spirit and virtues that are the foundation
of our national character. The 350th anniversary of their landing is a most
fitting time to celebrate the legacy of America's Finnish pioneers and their
descendants and to recall that the friendship of the United States and Finland
has deep historical roots.
To commemorate the relationship between the peoples of Finland and the
United States on the 350th anniversary of New Sweden, the Congress, by
Public Law 99-602, has designated 1988 as "National Year of Friendship with
Finland," and has authorized and requested the President to issue a proclama-
tion in its observance.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim 1988 as National Year of Friendship with
Finland. I call upon all Americans to observe the year with appropriate
ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of
September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-seven, and of
the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
twelfth.
Ronald Reagon