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jamestown Exposition Endorsed By
....... President Roosevelt
OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION ISSUED
A Proclamation is Issued, Inviting All
Nations to be Represented by Their
Military Organizations and Naval
Vessels at the Tri-centennial Com
memoration in 1902 of the First
Enslish-speaking Settlement in
America.

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Wednesday issued a proclamation in
yiting the nations of the earth to be
represented by their military organiza-
lions and naval vessels at the celebra-
ton to be held in the vicinity OF
Jamestown, Va, from .1ay 13 until No
yember, 1907, 1907. The proclamation is
as follows:
By the President Of the United States
a Proclamation:
Whereas, the Congress of the United
States has passed an act, approved
March 8, 1905, and entitled, IAN act
to provide for celebrating the birth Of
the American nation, the first perma-
nent settlement of English-speaking
people on the western hemisphere, by
The holding OF an international naval
marine and military celebration in the
vicinity of Jamestown, on the waters
Of Hampton Roads, in the State of Vir-
ginia; to provide for suitable and per-
manent commemoration Of said event.
and to authorize an appropriation in
aid thereof, and for other purposes
And whereas, section Of the said
act reads as follows:
"Section 3.-The President OF the
United States is hereby authorized to
make proclamation Of said celebration,
setting forth the event to be commem-
grated, inviting foreign nations to par
ticipate by the sending of their naval
vessels and such representation of their
military organizations as may be
proper
Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roose-
velt, President of the United States of
America, by virtue Of the authority
vested in me by said act, do hereby
declare and proclaim that there shall
be inaugurated in the year 1907, at and
aear tue waters of Hampton Roads, in
The State of Virginia, an international
naval, marine and military celebra-
tion, beginning May Is, and ending not
later than November 1, 1907, for the
purpose of commemorating in fitting
and appropriate manner the birth of
the American nation; the first settle
ment OF English reople on the Amer
lean continent, madS :; Jamestown, on
the 18th of May, 1907, and in order that
the great events of the American his
tory which have resulted therefrom
may De accentuated to the present and
future generations of American citi-
zens.
And in the name of the government
and people Of the United States, I do,
ltheFef0Tg, invite all the nations OF the
earth to take part in the commemora-
ton of the event which has had a far
reaching effect on the course of human
history, by sending their naval vessels
to the said celebration and by making
such representations of their military
organizations as may be proper.
In testimony thereof, / have now set
my hand. and caused the seal of the
Unied States to be affixed.
Done in the city of Washington this
twenty-ninth day of March, one thous-
and nine hundred and five, and in the
independence of the United States the
one hundred and twenty-ninth year.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
BY the President,
ALVEY A. ADEE,
Acting Secretary Of State.