Public Law 88-6

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Public Law 88-6
Authorizing the President to proclaim Sir Winston Churchill an honorary citizen of the United States of America
by the 88th Congress of the United States

Pub.L. 88−6, 77 Stat. 5, H.R. 4374, enacted April 9, 1963

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583134Authorizing the President to proclaim Sir Winston Churchill an honorary citizen of the United States of America —

Pub.L. 88−6, 77 Stat. 5, H.R. 4374, enacted April 9, 1963

1963by the 88th Congress of the United States

88^TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS
1^ST SESSION

An Act
To proclaim Sir Winston Churchill an honorary citizen of the United States of America.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the President of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to declare by proclamation that Sir Winston Churchill shall be an honorary citizen of the United States of America.

Approved April 9, 1963, 2:45 p.m..

Legislative History edit

H.R. 4374

See Related

− Presidential Proclamation 3525, April 9, 1963. ( 77 Stat. 994. )

Remarks by President John F. Kennedy

As given at the White House, Washington D.C., April 9, 1963;

Response by Sir Winston Churchill

As given at 28 Hyde Park Gate, London, April 6, 1963;
As read at the White House by Randolph S. Churchill, April 9, 1963

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