Volume 50 · 208
Public Law 75–268
Authorizing the President to proclaim the tercentenary of the birth of Pere Jacques Marquette.
Approved May 27, 1937
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
Authorizing the President to proclaim the tercentenary of the birth of Pere Jacques Marquette.
Whereas the 1st day of June 1937 marks the three-hundredth anniversary
Pere Jacques Marquette.
Preamble.
of the birth of Pere Jacques Marquette, the first white man to explore the upper Mississippi Valley; and
Whereas it is eminently fitting that the tercentenary of the birth of this zealous missionary and fearless explorer should be commemorated by suitable patriotic, religious, and public exercises during such year: Therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the President
President requested to invite observance of tercentenary of birth.
of the United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon all officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on June 1, 1937, and inviting all people of the United States to observe the day and the anniversary year in schools, churches, and other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies commemorating the tercentenary of the birth of Pere Jacques Marquette.
Approved, May 27, 1937.