PROCLAMATION 4374—MAY 10, 1975
89 STAT. 1271
entered the active military, naval, or air service of the United States in order for such service to qualify as service during that period. The signing of the cease-fire agreements and implementing protocols on January 27, 1973, between the United States of America and the,^^„'^"^^ ^^^' 1699. Republic of Vietnam, on the one hand, and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam on the other hand, has terminated active participation by the Armed Forces of the United States in the Vietnam conflict. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 101(29) of Title 38 of the United States Code, do hereby proclaim, for the purposes of said Section 101 (29), that May 7, 1975, is designated as the last day of the "Vietnam era." IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of May in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-ninth. GERALD R.
Proclamation 4374
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May 10, 1975
National Historic Preservation Week
By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The state of today's world demonstrates the value of understanding and appreciating our origins and roots as a foundation for our present identity and our future hopes. America's history lives throughout the Nation by the surviving examples of our man-made heritage—not only along the streets of our cities and towns but also in our rural areas. An indispensable element of the strength, the freedom and the constructive world leadership of this Nation is the EDITORIAL NOTE: For the texts of the President's statement and letter to the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, dated May 7, 1975, concerning the eligibility period for benefits to Vietnam era veterans, see the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (vol. 11, pp. 498, 499).
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