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From @lex-luthor.ai.mit.edu:HES@REAGAN.AI.MIT.EDU Mon Jun 14 22:06:39 1993
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 14:53-0400
From: The White House <75300.3115@compuserve.com>
To: Clinton-News-Distribution@campaign92.org
Subject: Flag Day Proclamation 6.14.93
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
_______________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release June 14, 1993
FLAG DAY AND NATIONAL FLAG WEEK, 1993
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
In 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the Stars
and Stripes as the official flag of the young United States
of America. Describing the new flag, the Congress wrote,
"White signifies Purity and Innocence; Red, Hardiness and Valor;
Blue signifies Vigilance, Perseverance and Justice," with the
stars forming "a new constellation."
The words of the Continental Congress ring truer to us
today than ever before. Wherever the Stars and Stripes are
flown, they represent the highest ideals of America: justice,
purity, and strength. The flag has flown over smoky battle-
fields, peaceful demonstrations, and wherever else Americans
strive to express their precious freedoms in the face of
adversity. Today, in accordance with congressional joint
resolutions (63 Stat. 492 and 80 Stat. 194), we set aside
June 14 as Flag Day and the week beginning June 13 as National
Flag Week to honor the colors and stars that have flown proudly
over the United States for 216 years.
Just as we pay our respects to our flag, so must we honor
our Nation's Founders, the brave people who inscribed their
names on the Declaration of Independence and breathed life into
its text. The ideals embodied by the Declaration have served as
a guide for our Nation and an inspiration for people around the
world. This document delineated the very idea of America, that
individual rights are derived not from the generosity of the
government, but from the hand of the Almighty. The Founders
forever abandoned their allegiance to the old European notions
of caste and dedicated themselves to the belief that all people
are created equal.
The brilliant men who gathered in Philadelphia in 1776
to declare our Nation's independence risked their honor, their
fortunes, and their very lives to create a better future for
their children and grandchildren. We, the inheritors of
freedom's legacy, owe our liberties to the fact that our
Founders saw the need for dramatic change and acted upon it.
Today, vast changes are sweeping the globe. Nations
that have known only tyranny for centuries are now dedicating
themselves to the ideals of freedom and democracy. And wherever
freedom is proclaimed, echoes of the American Declaration of
Independence can be heard. Thomas Jefferson's words are being
spoken in dozens of nations in hundreds of languages.
We are justly proud of the influence that our beliefs
have had on the world. But the mission of America is far from
complete. While the world is filled with opportunity, it is
rife with uncertainty. We must dedicate ourselves to carrying
on the dreams of the Founders and adding our own chapter to the
more
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unfinished American story. By embracing the changes that are
altering the landscape of the world today, we help ensure a
brighter, more democratic, and more peaceful world. As we
celebrate our independence, I encourage all Americans to
rededicate themselves to the conviction that our precious
freedoms require constant vigilance and reaffirmation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim June 14, 1993,
as Flag Day and the week beginning June 13, 1993, as National
Flag Week. I direct the appropriate officials of the government
to display the flag of the United States on all government
buildings during that week. I encourage all Americans to
observe Flag Day and Flag Week by flying the Stars and Stripes
from their homes and other suitable places. I also urge the
American people to celebrate those days from Flag Day through
Independence Day, as set aside by the Congress (89 Stat. 211),
as a time to honor America, by having public gatherings and
activities at which they can honor and pledge their allegiance
to our country.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
fourteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred
and ninety-three, and of the Independence of the United States
of America the two hundred and seventeenth.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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