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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Friday, October 11…”

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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