Proclamation 3500—Providing Further for the Observance of the One Hundred and Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Signing of the Constitution

Whereas September 17, 1962, marked the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States; and

Whereas the Congress, by joint resolution of July 14, 1960, 74 Stat. 508, as amended by Senate Joint Resolution 60 approved October 9, 1962, provided for a comprehensive national observance of this anniversary; and

Whereas by Proclamation No. 3464 of April 5, 1962, I designated the period beginning September 17 and ending September 23, 1962, as Constitution Week:

Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States, acting in accord with Senate Joint Resolution 60, do hereby further designate the period from September 17, 1962, to July 4, 1963, inclusive, as a period dedicated to a renewal of national awareness of the priceless heritage which the Constitution represents; and I call upon the people of the United States during that period to engage in such educational and inspirational activities as will deepen their understanding of the Constitution and strengthen their devotion to it.

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 ninth day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-seventh.

JOHN F. KENNEDY

By the President:

DEAN RUSK,

Secretary of State