Proclamation 5664.
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101 STAT. 2149 Proclamation 5664 of June 2, 1987 Flag Day and National Flag Week, 1987 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Each year, for a special day and a special week during June, we take time to reflect on our flag and all it means to us. We do so in June because Old Glory was born in that month; the first distinctive American flags of the Revolution flew at the Battle of Bunker Hill in June 1775, and the Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777.
Even brief reflection on the meaning of the flag fills the mind and the heart with thoughts of our land and our heritage of liberty purchased at great cost by generations of Americans. Our flag was battle-born, fashioned during the struggle that won us our independence and gave bright hope to a world long oppressed. Ever since, America has seen its portrait in the folds and furls of our Star-Spangled Banner. We see freedom in the Red, White, and Blue, and we see too the sacrifice and the heroism of countless brave hearts.
The poet Henry Holcomb Bennett had exactly this in mind many years ago when he penned the lines, “The colors before us fly; But more than the flag is passing by.” “More than the flag is passing by.” Through the years, the number of stars on our flag has changed, and their arrangement has changed as well; but what the flag stands for will never change. During Flag Day and National Flag Week, let us remember with devotion that the flag we love and honor is the flag of freedom that flew in victory at Yorktown, the flag the United States Marines raised on Mount Suribachi. the flag Francis Scott Key saw by the dawn’s early light.
Long may it wave. To commemorate the adoption of our flag, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved August 3, 1949 (63 Stat. 492), designated June 14 of each year as Flag Day and requested the President to issue an annual proclamation calling for its observance and for the display of the flag of the United States on all government buildings. The Congress also requested the President, by joint resolution approved June 9, 1966 (80 Stat. 194), to issue annually a proclamation designating the week in which June 14 occurs as National Flag Week and calling upon all citizens of the United States to display the flag during that week.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate June 14, 1987, as Flag Day and the week beginning June 14 as National Flag Week, and I direct the appropriate officials of the government to display the flag of the United States on all government buildings during that week. I urge all Americans to observe Flag Day, June 14, 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, set aside by the Congress as a time to honor America (89 Stat. 211), by having public gatherings and activities in which 101 STAT. 2150they can honor their country in an appropriate manner, especially by ceremonies in which all renew their dedication by publicly reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of June, 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 eleventh. RONALD REAGAN 5665 June 8, 1987 750th Anniversary of Berlin, 1987 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 5665 of June 8, 1987 750th Anniversary of Berlin, 1987 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Berlin, one of the world’s great cities and the largest German city, this year observes its 750th anniversary.
This is cause for celebration for Berliners and for all Germans, and also for the people of the United States and the rest of the world. The history and character of Berlin and its people give powerful testimony about human nature and its capabilities. After three-quarters of a millennium and many shocks and reversals through the ages, Berlin is yet a young city—young with all the capacity of the human spirit to renew itself, to strive and to seek, to build anew and create, and, most of all, to hope.
Time and again, Berlin has overcome desolation and isolation with will, energy, and courage. Even now, its spirit towers over the wall that presently divides the city. Today Berlin remains close to the spiritual center of the Western world. Americans have a special affinity for Berlin that goes beyond formal political or economic ties, because we feel a kinship with its spirit of strength and creativity and because we see our own hopes and ideals mirrored in the deep attachment of its people to freedom and its blessings.
Thousands of Americans—scholars, service men and women and their families, business people, diplomatic personnel, and so on—live in Berlin and make vital contributions to the life of the city. We have helped Berlin grow, and we have shared its spirit. As we near the end of the 20th century, we see that Berlin, though ancient, is a city of the future. We know that the courageous and freedom-loving spirit that has guided so much of Berlin’s past will help ensure a future of freedom for all mankind in the years to come.
“*Berlin bleibt doch Berlin*—Berlin is still Berlin.” NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby recognize Berlin’s 750th Anniversary, 1987. I call upon the people of the United States to join in celebrating and 101 STAT. 2151honoring Berlin’s 750th anniversary with appropriate ceremonies and activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of June, 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 eleventh.
RONALD REAGAN 5666 June 10, 1987 300th Commencement Exercise at the Ohio State University Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 5666 of June 10, 1987 300th Commencement Exercise at the Ohio State University By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation On June 12, 1987, the Ohio State University will observe its 300th Commencement Exercise since it opened in September 1873 as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, a land-grant college for the Buckeye State under the Morrill Act of 1862.
Today Ohio State has more than 50,000 students and its large body of alumni makes outstanding contributions in every area of endeavor in Ohio and throughout our country and the world. The tradition of excellence in higher education at the Ohio State University enriches our Nation. We can all share in and celebrate Ohio State’s theme for its 300th Commencement, “A Distinguished Past, a Dynamic Future.” The Congress, by House Joint Resolution 280, has designated June 12, 1987, as a day of observation of the occasion of the 300th Commencement Exercise at the Ohio State University and has authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this occasion.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim June 12, 1987, as a day of observation of the occasion of the 300th Commencement Exercise at the Ohio State University. I call upon all Americans to observe this occasion with appropriate ceremonies and activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of June, 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 eleventh.
RONALD REAGAN 5667 June 13, 1987 Baltic Freedom Day, 1987 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation
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