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Now, Therefore, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Tuesday, October 9, 1973, as Leif Erikson Day; and I direct the appropriate Government officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings that day.

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Proclamation 4233—Leif Erikson Day, 1973

08/14/1973

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