PROCLAMATIONS-JUNE 8, 15, 1949
PATRICK HENRY WEEK, 1949
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS Patrick Henry, with surpassing eloquence, kindled in
many of his countrymen that love of political freedom which burns
today in the hearts of the American people; and
WHEREAS his ringing insistence, in the Virginia convention of
1788, on constitutional protection for the rights of individuals was
one of the chief factors which induced the First Congress of the
United States to prepare the Bill of Rights and submit it to the States
for their approval; and
WHEREAS June 6, 1949, marks the sesquicentennial of the death
of this gifted pioneer in our early struggle for independence; and
WHEREAS the Congress by a joint resolution approved June 8,
1949, authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation
calling for the celebration of the week in which June 6, 1949, occurs as
Patrick Henry Week, in observance of the one hundred and fiftieth
anniversary of the death of Patrick Henry:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the
United States of America, do hereby invite the people of the United
States to observe the week beginning Sunday, June 5, 1949, as Patrick
Henry Week, with religious and civic ceremonies commemorative of
the achievements of this great American in the cause of liberty. I
also direct the appropriate officials of the Federal Government to
arrange for the display of the flag on all Government buildings during
Patrick Henry Week, in order that our citizens may be reminded of
this anniversary and may reflect on its significance in the annals of
our freedom-loving country.
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 8th day of June in the year
of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of the
[SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one
hundred and seventy-third.
HARRY S TRUMAN
By the President:
JAMES E. WEBB
Acting Secretary of State
DESIGNATING THE COLUMBIA NATIONAL FOREST AS THE GIFFORD
PINCHOT NATIONAL FOREST
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
June 8. 1949
[No. 2844]
Ante, p. 169.
Observance of Pat-
rick Henry Week.
June 15, 1949
[No. 2845]
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS Gifford Pinchot, the first Chief of the Forest Service,
who served in the Department of Agriculture from 1898 to 1910, was
primarily responsible for the establishment of our national-forest
system; and
WHEREAS he established many of the basic policies which guide
our national-forest administration today; and
WHEREAS he has long been recognized as the foremost forester
and forest conservationist of this Nation; and
WHEREAS his life was spent almost wholly in the service of the
public; and
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