Harry Truman actually said...

I also urge all our citizens to give special thought on Flag Day not only to their many rights and privileges but also to their duties and responsibilities under our national ensign, to the end that we may rededicate ourselves on that day to the principles of freedom and justice for which this Nation and its flag have always stood.

Context

Proclamation 2977—Flag Day, 1952

05/27/1952

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