PROCLAMATIONS-OCT. 7, 21, 1942 GENERAL PULASKI'S MEMORIAL DAY October 7, 1942 [No. 2568] Ante, p. 760. Observance of Oct. 11, 1942 as General Pulaski's Memorial Day. October 21, 1942 [No. 2569] Establishment and proclamation of Mari- time Control Areas. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION One of the bravest of the foreign volunteers in our first struggle for existence as a free people was Count Casimir Pulaski, who was grievously wounded on October 9, 1779, while engaged in a gallant action at the siege of Savannah, and died two days later. The aid rendered by General Pulaski and other foreigners in the winning of our independence is vividly recalled to our minds this year by the association of other governments and peoples with us in our present struggle. The countrymen of General Pulaski are today among our allies in a global conflict the outcome of which will mean freedom or slavery for millions of human beings on all the continents. By a joint resolution approved September 26, 1942 (Public Law 717, 77th Congress), the Congress has authorized me "to issue a proclamation calling upon officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all governmental buildings on October 11, 1942, and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies in commemoration of the death of General Casimir Pulaski." NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim October 11, 1942, the one hundred and sixty-third anniversary of the death of General Pulaski, as General Pulaski's Memorial Day, and I call upon officials of the Government to have the American flag displayed on all governmental buildings on that day. I also invite the people of the United States to observe the day with appropriate commemorative ceremonies in schools and churches, or other suitable places. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 7th day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-two, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-seventh. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: SUMNER WELLES Acting Secretary of State ESTABLISHING THE CASCO BAY, PORTSMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE, CAPE HATTERAS, KEY WEST AND LOS ANGELES MARITIME CONTROL AREAS AND PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS FOR THE CONTROL THEREOF BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the United States is now at war, and the establishment of the maritime control areas hereinafter described is necessary in the interests of national defense: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, [56 STAT. 1978
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