Volume 83
Public Law 91–91
Request the President of the United States to issue a proclamation calling for a “Day of Bread” and “Harvest Festival”.
Approved October 17, 1969
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
Request the President of the United States to issue a proclamation calling for a “Day of Bread” and “Harvest Festival”.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That as a token of man’s
Day of Bread and Harvest Festival.
Proclamation.
gratitude for the bounty of nature and the annual harvest of farm and field, and in recognition of bread as a symbol of all foods, that Tuesday, the 28th day of October, 1969, be designated as a “Day of Bread” as a part of international observances, and that the last week of October within which it falls be designated as a period of “Harvest Festival;” and the President is requested to issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to join with those of other Nations to observe this “Day of Bread” and “Harvest Festival” with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
Approved October 17, 1969.