PROCLAMATION 5928—DEC. 27, 1988 103 STAT. 2981 eousness like a mighty stream.*" Martin Luther King, Jr., did exactly that. He gave eloquent voice and powerful leadership to the long-cher- ished hopes of millions as he headed a crusade to end bigotry, segrega- tion, and discrimination in ovi land; to foster equal opportunity; and to make imiversal America's promise of liberty and justice for all. Dr. King's work is not done, but neither is his witness stilled. He urged again and again that all of us come to love and befriend one another, to live in brotherhood and reconciliation, to nourish each and every in- dividual's dignity and self-respect. We must reaffirm in every genera- tion the lessons of justice and charity that Dr. King taught with his vm- flinching determination, his complete confidence in the redeeming power of love, and his utter willingness to suffer, to sacrifice, and to serve. We must, and we can, all be drum majors for justice. That is our duty and our glory as Americans. On Martin Luther King, Jr., Day and every day let us unite in prayer and promise to be true to the American Dream he loved and renewed. By Public Law 98-144, the third Monday in January of each year has been designated as a public holiday in honor of the "Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr." NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Con- stitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Monday, January 16, 1989, as Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty- third day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirteenth. RONALD REAGAN Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988 Territorial Sea of the United States of America By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation International law recognizes that coastal nations may exercise sover- eignty and jurisdiction over their territorial seas. The territorial sea of the United States is a maritime zone extending beyond the land territory and internal waters of the United States over which the United States exercises sovereignty and jurisdiction, a sover- eignty and jiuisdiction that extend to the airspace over the territorial sea, as well as to its bed and subsoil. Extension of the territorial sea by the United States to the limits per- mitted by international law will advance the national seciuity and other significant interests of the United States. NOW, THEREFORE. I. RONALD REAGAN, by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution of the United States of America, and in accordance with international law, do hereby proclaim the ex-
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