FDR: “I do hereby direct all Government officials to display the flag of the…”

On the recordMay 26, 1937

I do hereby direct all Government officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on the first day of June 1937.

Said by

Democratic · New York

Source

Proclamation 2239—Tercentenary of Birth of Pere Marquette

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