[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 27, 2020)]
[Presidential Documents]
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[FR Doc No: 2020-11538]
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Vol. 85
Wednesday,
No. 102
May 27, 2020
Part IV
The President
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Proclamation 10038--National Maritime Day, 2020
Proclamation 10039--Honoring the Victims of the Novel Coronavirus
Pandemic
Proclamation 10040--Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 2020
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10038 of May 21, 2020
National Maritime Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Since the founding of our great Nation, we have relied
on merchant mariners to deliver goods to market and
strengthen our national security. On National Maritime
Day, we recognize the United States Merchant Marine for
all it does to facilitate our commerce and protect our
interests at sea.
Our Nation's merchant mariners enable peaceful trade
with countries around the world and provide vital
sealift support to our Armed Forces. Whether on the
ocean or our inland waterways, merchant mariners
support our economy by transporting billions of dollars
of imported and exported goods. These men and women
also sail bravely into combat zones to deliver supplies
and weapons to our military men and women, playing a
critical role in the success of their mission.
This year, as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the
end of World War II, we pay tribute to the United
States merchant mariners who served as the ``Fourth Arm
of Defense'' for our Nation during the war. Earlier
this year, I was proud to sign into law long-overdue
legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to
the valiant civilian merchant mariners who maintained
critical supply lines to our overseas troops and allies
during the Second World War. Many of these mariners
endured brutal attacks from German U-boats, and more
than 6,000 of them perished at sea or were held as
prisoners of war. This number includes 142 students of
the United States Merchant Marine Academy--
distinguishing it as the only one of the five service
academies authorized to carry a battle standard.
As we remember the tremendous sacrifices of the World
War II merchant mariners, we also continue to honor the
present-day citizen mariners who make up our Nation's
world-class Merchant Marine. Today, we pay tribute to
their expertise, patriotism, and dedication to serving
our country and ensuring our national security.
The Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 20,
1933, has designated May 22 of each year as ``National
Maritime Day'' to commemorate the first transoceanic
voyage by a steamship in 1819 by the S.S. Savannah. By
this resolution, the Congress has authorized and
requested the President to issue annually a
proclamation calling for its appropriate observance.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 22,
2020, as National Maritime Day. I call upon the people
of the United States to mark this observance and to
display the flag of the United States at their homes
and in their communities. I also request that all ships
sailing under the American flag dress ship on that day.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and forty-fourth.
(Presidential Sig.)
[FR Doc. 2020-11538
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