Proclamation 3740.
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80 Stat. 1803 Proclamation 3740 VETERANS DAY, 1966 By the President of the United States of America August 31, 1966 A Proclamation Since the birth of the Republic, more than half a million Americans have died for their country on the field of battle. Millions more have placed themselves as a living shield between their country and her enemies, emerging unscathed through the benevolence of a merciful Creator. We have set aside one day of the year to honor the dead and the living whose actions have testified to their courage and devotion to country.
On Veterans Day, we honor their heroism, we give thanks for their sacrifice, and we share—if only briefly and inadequately—the grief of loved ones who survive them. We have preserved our freedom only through the continued willingness of brave men and women to risk the sacrifice of their lives for its sake. We honor those who wore that uniform in days past, and those who wear it today. Especially this year our thoughts go out to the hundreds of thousands who are resisting the forces of aggression and violence in Vietnam.
We can never repay our debt to them, for it is beyond price. But we can show our recognition of the gift they have made their country. We can pay tribute to the nobility of man, as it is expressed in a soldier’s courage. To this end. the Congress has designated the eleventh of November as a legal holiday to be known as Veterans Day and has dedicated it to the cause of world peace (Act of May 13, 1938, 52 Stat. 351, as amended (5 U.S.C. 87a)). NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, call upon the people of our Nation to observe Friday, November 11, 1966, as Veterans Day, commemorating the service of our veterans of past wars, and pledging our full support to the men and women of today who are continuing the struggle for freedom and peace for which so many have fought and died.
Let us join with fervor in this observance. I direct the appropriate officials of the Government to arrange for the display of the flag of the United States on all public buildings on this day. In order that this day may be marked and observed in accordance with its full purpose and meaning, I request officials of the Federal, State, and local governments, and civic and patriotic organizations, to give their enthusiastic leadership and support to appropriate public ceremonies throughout the Nation.
I also urge all citizens, and particularly students in our schools, colleges, and universities, and other younger citizens whose contemporaries now continue to support at great personal risk the ideals of freedom and peace, to take part in these ceremonies to demonstrate to all the world their support of those who fight today, as well as their homage to those who have borne the battle for these ideals in previous times. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. 80 Stat. 1804 DONE at the City of Washington this 31st day of August in the year of our [seal] Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-first.
Lyndon B. Johnson By the President: George W. Ball.*Acting Secretary of State.* 3741 August 31, 1966 TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UNESCO Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3741 TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UNESCO By the President of the United States of America August 31, 1966 A Proclamation [61 Stat. 2495](/us/stat/61/2495).On November 4, 1946, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) officially came into being as one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations.
UNESCO was created for the purpose of contributing to peace and security “by promoting collaboration among the nations through education, science and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations.” Our Government was active in the founding of UNESCO. It has continued to support the Organization in its effort to create a climate in the world in which a just peace may prevail.
UNESCO has a critical role to play in bringing the educational techniques of the developed world to the newly emerging nations of man’s family. Its mission should embrace the simplest teaching, and the most sophisticated arts and sciences of which our species is capable. As we work to build in America a truly great society, it is with hope and satisfaction that we look upon the work of UNESCO in its effort to advance the common welfare of mankind: NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B.
JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby call to the attention of the people of the United States that November 4, 1966, is the Twentieth Anniversary of UNESCO and call upon them to observe the occasion with appropriate ceremonies and manifestations of support for the Organization. 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 31st day of August in the year of our [seal] Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-first.
Lyndon B. Johnson By the President: Dean Rusk.*Secretary of State.* 3742 September 6, 1966 NATIONAL CIVIL AIR PATROL DAY Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation
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