Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 83, No. 115 

Thursday, June 14, 2018 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 9764 of June 8, 2018 

Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2018 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

More than two centuries ago, on June 14, 1777, the Second Continental 

Congress formally adopted the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of our 

new Republic. Through the many triumphs and trials of our Nation, our 

flag has reflected our heritage of liberty and embodied the American virtues 

of bravery, justice, and loyalty. Each year, we celebrate Flag Day and National 

Flag Week to honor our timeless national emblem. 

Our flag symbolizes our solemn pride and eternal gratitude to our service 

members, who willingly raise their hand in front of our Nation’s colors 

and take an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United 

States. Our flag also serves as a final acknowledgement of our country’s 

gratitude to the families of those soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and 

coastguardsmen who have given their last full measure of devotion to our 

country. After the echo of the last rifle volley and the final notes of ‘‘Taps’’ 

fade away, the flag is carefully folded and presented to the grieving families 

of our fallen heroes to serve as a source of comfort and strength in times 

of immense sorrow. 

Our majestic flag flies during our country’s most memorable occasions. 

In the early morning of May 10 of this year, a large American flag undulated 

in the breeze over the homecoming of three Americans released from captivity 

in North Korea. It also presided during our astronauts’ many missions exploring the moon’s surface, the heroic triumph of the Marines at the battle 

of Iwo Jima, and the recovery operations at New York City’s ground zero 

and the Pentagon immediately following the attacks of September 11, 2001. 

Our country’s colors—bold and brilliant—symbolize to the world those values 

we hold sacred, freedom and liberty, and our hope for a better world. 

Today, we celebrate the ideals of our country’s founding, which are represented so proudly by the broad stripes and bright stars—that all men 

are created equal and endowed by their Creator with unalienable rights, 

including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. May we never forget 

the tremendous sacrifices required to secure and maintain our freedom. 

Let us proudly stand and remember our founding principles and our country’s 

ever continuing march to achieve a more perfect Union. As we raise our 

flag, let us resolve always to cherish it with reverence and eternal gratitude 

so that the red, white, and blue may forever wave from sea to shining 

sea. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States 

of America, do hereby proclaim June 14, 2018, as Flag Day, and the week 

starting June 10, 2018, as National Flag Week. I direct the appropriate 

officials to display the flag on all Federal Government buildings during 

this week, and I urge all Americans to observe Flag Day and National 

Flag Week by displaying the flag. I also encourage the people of the United 

States to observe with pride and all due ceremony those days from Flag 

Day through Independence Day, set aside by the Congress (89 Stat. 211), 

as a time to honor America, to celebrate our heritage in public gatherings 

and activities, and to publicly recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag 

of the United States of America. 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day 

of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-second. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12963 

Filed 6–13–18; 11:15 am] 

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