Show proclamation by the president of the united I 1 stat states es of america every day tile the great principles for which we ve uro tire lighting fighting take fresia told hold upon our thought and purpose rail and make it clearer what the end must be find and what we mut ilo do to it we now know more certainly than we ever knew kne before why t free ree meu men brought the great nation and govern meat we love luto into existence butuso it grus grouix j dearer aej an I 1 clearer what su sit dieme service it Is to be americas privilege liege to reader to the world the anniversary of the discovery of 0 amei airier jett jcu must therefore have for us la in this fateful year ur a peculiar arid and ta thrilling rilling significance we should make it it day of ardent rededication to the ideals upon which our government Is founded arid and by alch our present heroic tasks arc am inspired I 1 now nott therefore 1 I woodrow wilson president of the united states ot of ain america erica do appoint saturday the 1 ali day of october 1018 as liberty day dai on that lint day I 1 request the citizens of oc every avei community of the united states city town ton and countryside to celebrate tit alio discovery of our country lit order older to stimulate a generous response to the fourth liberty albai ty loan cornmeal ornale addresses pageants harvest lionie festivals or other demonstrations should be ai ranged arranged for in luc lucary every cry neighborhood under the ho general direction of tile secretary of the treasury tien sury find the immediate direction of the liberty loan committee la in co opera aton allt tile the united states bureau of at education and the public school authorities ties let the peoples response to the vo fourth arth liberty loan express the measure of their heir devotion to the ideals which have guided the country from foin its discovery until now and of their determined purpose to defend them and guarantee their triumph for the purpose of participating in liberty day celebrations all employees of the federal government throughout the hie country whose services can be spared may be excused on oil saturday the day of october for the entire lay in witness whereof I 1 have hereunto set let my land hand and caused the seal of the united states to bo be affixed doric done in the lie district of columbia this day dai of september in tile year car of our lord one Tho thousand lisand nine hundred and eighteen Elgh tein and of the independence pen dence of the united states of america the one hundred arid and forty S third WOODROW WILSON by the presidents president ROBERT LANSING secretary of state I 1 |