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On the recordAugust 26, 1963
Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Friday, October 11, 1963 - the one hundred and eighty-fourth anniversary of his death - as General Pulaski's Memorial Day; and call upon officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on that day.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Proclamation 3550—General Pulaski's Memorial Day, 1963

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