A proclamation : Flag Day, June 14, 1913 / by Woodbridge N. Ferris

0talp of iHtrliigan

A flrnrlamattott

lOg MonMiridijr 2s. Ifarris
(Snurrnnr

3Hag Dag

JluttP 14, 1013

iFlag Bag

A Jlrorlamation hg tljr (Soumtor

We believe that the American flag is the mo:
beautiful and the most significant of all the flags of a
the nations of the earth. June 14, 1913, is the 136tl
birthday of our flag. The story of the stars an
stripes is the story of a great and mighty people. !
symbolizes “life, liberty, and the pursuit of huma
happiness,” the fundamental elements of a gre<
brotherhood. Let the people of Michigan on Satu
day, June 14th, display this sacred emblem on a
state, municipal and school buildings? let America;
citizens conduct such exercises as will encourage ot
youth to love and reverence the flag and what j
symbolizes.

(Ebprrforp, I, Woodbridge N. Ferris, Governor of
Michigan, do issue this proclamation and enthusiasti¬
cally urge the observance of Saturday, the fourteenth
of June, 1913, as Flag Day,

(Sttint under my hand and the Great
Seal of the State, this twenty-first
day of May, in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred
and thirteen and of the Common¬
wealth the Seventy-seventh.

;' the Governor:

Secretary of State.

. s

*

.

*• <

I I

*• .

*

*

r

j J

.

-

( .

■

j

"i