[Title 3 CFR 7815]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - January 1, 2005 Edition]
[Title 3 - Presidential Documents]
[Proclamation 7815 - Proclamation 7815 of September 14, 2004]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


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Proclamation 7815 of September 14, 2004

National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2004

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Throughout our history, when the enemies of freedom were on the march 
and our country needed brave Americans to take up arms and stop their 
advance, the members of our Armed Forces answered the call of duty. 
These patriotic men and women defended our country in hours of need and 
continue to stand watch for freedom. Many of these courageous 
individuals risked capture, imprisonment, and their lives to protect our 
homeland. On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, we honor the sacrifices 
and remarkable determination of those captured as prisoners of war. We 
also remember those who remain unaccounted for and ask for God's special 
blessing on their families. Our Nation will not forget these heroes, and 
we will not stop searching for our service members who are missing in 
action.
On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, the flag of the National League of 
Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia is flown 
over the White House, the Capitol, the Departments of State, Defense, 
and Veterans Affairs, the Selective Service System Headquarters, the 
National Vietnam Veterans and Korean War Veterans Memorials, U.S. 
military installations, national cemeteries, and other locations across 
our country. This flag serves as a reminder of our continued commitment 
to those still missing and those imprisoned while serving in World War 
II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Somalia, Kosovo, Iraq, and other 
conflicts. We remain grateful for their service and sacrifice and pledge 
to continue to achieve the fullest possible accounting for all of our 
men and women in uniform still missing.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of 
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and 
laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 14, 2004, as 
National POW/MIA Recognition Day. I call upon the people of the United 
States to join me in saluting all American POWs and those missing in 
action who valiantly served our great country. I call upon Federal, 
State, and local government officials and private organizations to 
observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day of 
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand four, and of the 
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
ninth.
GEORGE W. BUSH

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