Proclamation 2239—Tercentenary of Birth of Pere Marquette

By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation

Whereas the preamble to Public Resolution No. 33, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, approved May 27, 1937, requesting the President to proclaim the tercentenary of the birth of Pere Jacques Marquette, recites:

Whereas the 1st day of June 1937 marks the three-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Pere Jacques Marquette, the first white man to explore the upper Mississippi Valley: and

Whereas it is eminently fitting that the tercentenary of the birth of this zealous missionary and fearless explorer should be commemorated by suitable patriotic, religious, and public exercises during such year:

And Whereas the text of the said Public Resolution provides:

That the President of the United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon all officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on June 1, 1937, and Inviting all people of the United States to observe the day and the anniversary year in schools, churches, and other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies commemorating the tercentenary of the birth of Pere Jacques Marquette.

Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, do hereby direct all Government officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on the first day of June 1937, and I invite all people of the United States to observe that day and anniversary year in schools, churches, and other suitable places with appropriate ceremonies commemorating the tercentenary of the birth of Pere Jacques Marquette.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this 27th day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-first.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

By the President:
SUMMER WELLES
Acting Secretary of State.