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On the recordSeptember 15, 1966
Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Sunday, October 9, 1966, as Leif Erikson Day; and I direct the appropriate Government officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on that day.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Proclamation 3745—Leif Erikson Day, 1966

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