Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2014, 33643-33646 [2014-13826]

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 2014)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 33643-33646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13826]



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Vol. 79

Wednesday,

No. 112

June 11, 2014

Part II





The President





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Proclamation 9140--Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2014


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 79 , No. 112 / Wednesday, June 11, 2014 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 9140 of June 6, 2014

                
Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2014

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Over farmlands and town squares, atop skyscrapers and 
                capitol buildings, the American flag soars. It reminds 
                us of our history--13 colonies that rose up against an 
                empire--and celebrates the spirit of 50 proud States 
                that form our Union today. On Flag Day and during 
                National Flag Week, we pay tribute to the banner that 
                weaves us together and waves above us all.

                For more than two centuries, Americans have saluted Old 
                Glory in times of trial and triumph. Generations have 
                looked to it as they steeled their resolve, and an 
                unbroken chain of men and women in uniform has served 
                under our flag. From the banks of Baltimore's Inner 
                Harbor to European trenches and Pacific islands, from 
                the deserts of Iraq to the mountains of Afghanistan, 
                they have risked their lives so we might live ours. 
                When we lay our veterans to rest, many go draped with 
                the stars and stripes upon them, and their families 
                find solace in the folds of honor held tightly to their 
                chest. Because of their sacrifice, our Nation is 
                stronger, safer, and will always remain a shining 
                beacon of freedom for the rest of the world.

                With a familiar design that has evolved along with a 
                growing Nation, our flag stitches the ideals for which 
                America was born to the reality of our times. It 
                reminds us that fidelity to our founding principles 
                requires new responses to new challenges. As we prepare 
                to meet the great tests of our age, let every American 
                draw inspiration from this symbol of our past, our 
                present, and our common dreams.

                To commemorate the adoption of our flag, the Congress, 
                by joint resolution approved August 3, 1949, as amended 
                (63 Stat. 492), designated June 14 of each year as 
                ``Flag Day'' and requested that the President issue an 
                annual proclamation calling for its observance and for 
                the display of the flag of the United States on all 
                Federal Government buildings. The Congress also 
                requested, by joint resolution approved June 9, 1966, 
                as amended (80 Stat. 194), that the President annually 
                issue a proclamation designating the week in which June 
                14 occurs as ``National Flag Week'' and call upon 
                citizens of the United States to display the flag 
                during that week.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby proclaim June 14, 
                2014, as Flag Day and the week beginning June 8, 2014, 
                as National Flag Week. I direct the appropriate 
                officials to display the flag on all Federal Government 
                buildings during that week, and I urge all Americans to 
                observe Flag Day and National Flag Week by displaying 
                the flag. I also call upon the people of the United 
                States to observe with pride and all due ceremony those 
                days from Flag Day through Independence Day, also set 
                aside by the Congress (89 Stat. 211), as a time to 
                honor America, to celebrate our heritage in public 
                gatherings and activities, and to publicly recite the 
                Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States 
                of America.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand 
                fourteen, and of the Independence of the United States 
                of America the two hundred and thirty-eighth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2014-13826
Filed 6-10-14; 11:15 am]
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