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On the recordApril 18, 1963
I also request that all ships sailing under the American flag dress ship on Wednesday, May 22, in tribute to the American Merchant Marine.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Proclamation 3529—National Maritime Day, 1963

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