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On the recordJune 3, 1963
I also call upon all fellow Americans to observe Flag Day by flying the Stars and Stripes at their homes or other suitable places and by pondering our duties and responsibilities as well as our rights and blessings as Americans, to the end that we may more fully achieve the ideals of justice and liberty for which our flag and our country stand.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Proclamation 3540—Flag Day, 1963

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