By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Whereas the centennial of the unification of Italy, which occurs in 1961, commemorates a great event in the history of nations; and
Whereas, in observance of the centennial, there will be many celebrations in Italy, in the United States, and in many other countries as events of a century ago are relived; and
Whereas we in America are confident that the people of Italy, in the celebrations reenacting the events and experiences associated with their struggle for unification, a century ago, will find renewed strength to further their vital contributions to the cause of freedom; and
Whereas it is the sense of the Congress, expressed by House Concurrent Resolution 225, agreed to July 2, 1960, that the President extend official greetings from the United States to the people of Italy on the occasion of the centennial of the unification of Italy:
Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, do hereby extend greetings and felicitations from the people of the United States to the people of Italy on the occasion of the centennial of the unification of Italy, in recognition of the progress and achievements of the Italian people during the past century and the bonds of friendship between our two nations.
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 eighth day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-fifth.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
By the President:
DEAN RUSK,
Secretary of State.
John F. Kennedy, Proclamation 3398—Centennial of the Unification of Italy Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/270102