Msg # 243   
Date: 30 May 91  00:36:34
From: Christopher Baker
  To: All
Subj: more Presidential documents
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Title 3 --         Proclamation 6267 of April 3, 1991

The President      National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day,
                   1991 and 1992.

                   By the President of the United States of America

                   A Proclamation

                   The recent war in the Persian Gulf resulted in a great
                   and historic victory for the United States and its
                   coalition partners. While we celebrate the liberation of
                   Kuwait and the triumphant return of our courageous
                   troops, we also pause to remember, with solemn pride,
                   and appreciation, those service members who bore heavy
                   costs in this conflict. Among them are Americans who
                   were held as prisoners of war.

                   The worst kinds of treatment brought out the best in
                   in those American service men and women who were captured
                   during the fighting in the Persian Gulf region. Each
                   upheld the high standards of courage and conduct that we
                   have come to expect of our military personnel. Their
[in that order?]   faith in Almighty God, their love of family, and their
[sez who?]         deep sense of patriotism and self-discipline have been
                   and inspiration to us all.

                   ... ... [poignant reminders, etc.]

                   The Congress, by Public Law 102-23, has designated April
                   9, 1991, and April 9, 1992, as "National Former Prisoner
                   of War Recognition Day" and has authorized and requested
                   the President to issue a proclamation in observance of
                   these occasions.

                   NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE BUSH, President of the United
                   States of America, do hereby proclaim April 9, 1991, and
                   April 9, 1992, as National Former Prisoner of War
                   Recognition Day. I call upon all Americans to join in
                   remembering former American prisoners of war and their
                   families, who have suffered at the hands of our enemies.
                   I also call upon Federal, State, and local government
                   officials and private organizations to observe this day
                   with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

                   IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
                   third day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen
                   hundred and ninety-one, and of the Independence of the
                   United States of America the two hundred and fifteenth.

                                         [signed]
                                         George Bush

Federal Register: Vol. 56, No. 66; Friday, April 5, 1991.

once again a call for 'appropriate ceremonies and activities' [a standard
blurb on these things?]. would a parade with a former POW on a cross be good
enough for George? does 'observe' mean that other government officials must
endorse this proclamation and the language therein? [sigh]

TTFN.
Chris

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