Article: Text of the President's Proclamation of Memorial Day

WASHINGTON, May 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is text of President Clinton's proclamation of Memorial Day:

PRAYER FOR PEACE, MEMORIAL DAY, 1996

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

On the last Monday of May each year, our Nation takes time to remember those who have given their lives to safeguard America's freedom. Courageous and loyal citizens have died on battlefields around the world in defense of the United States, our interests, and our values, thus ensuring more than two centuries of independence and a society based on individual rights. Their selflessness ...

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