On national maritime day, america honors our highly skilled mariners who sail the high seas, support those…

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1. ON NATIONAL MARITIME DAY, AMERICA HONORS OUR HIGHLY SKILLED
   MARINERS WHO SAIL THE HIGH SEAS, SUPPORT THOSE ON THE FRONT
   LINES OF THE WAR ON TERROR, AND PROMOTE COMMERCE AROUND THE WORLD.
   SINCE 1775, THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE HAS SERVED OUR
   COUNTRY, HELPING AMERICA BECOME A GREAT MARITIME POWER. DURING
   THE SECOND WORLD WAR, COURAGEOUS MARINERS WERE AMONG THOSE WHO
   SUFFERED GREATLY, HUNDREDS OF SHIPS WERE LOST TO ENEMY ACTION
   AND MANY MARINERS MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. WE PAY TRIBUTE
   TO THESE HEROES WHO ANSWERED THE CALL TO SERVE WHEN OUR NATION
   NEEDED THEM MOST. TODAY, OUR MERCHANT MARINERS CONTINUE TO
   PROTECT OUR HOMELAND, INCLUDING BY SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS IN
   IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.
   IN TIMES OF PEACE AND WAR, THESE BRAVE PATRIOTS HELP KEEP OUR
   NATION SAFE AND STRENGTHEN OUR ECONOMY. BY TRANSPORTING AMERICAN
   GOODS ACROSS THE OCEANS, MERCHANT MARINERS FACILITATE COMMERCE
   AND ADVANCE TRADE. THESE AMERICANS HONOR THE NOBLE TRADITIONS OF
   SEAFARERS AND ENRICH OUR COUNTRY'S MARITIME HERITAGE.
   IN RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE U.S. MERCHANT MARINE,
   THE CONGRESS, BY JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVED ON 20 MAY 1933,
   AS AMENDED, HAS DESIGNATED 22 MAY OF EACH YEAR AS
   "NATIONAL MARITIME DAY", AND HAS AUTHORIZED AND REQUESTED
   THAT THE PRESIDENT ISSUE AN ANNUAL PROCLAMATION CALLING FOR
   ITS APPROPRIATE OBSERVANCE.
   NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
   AMERICA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM 22 MAY 2008, AS NATIONAL MARITIME DAY.
   I CALL UPON THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES TO MARK THIS OBSERVANCE
   BY HONORING THE SERVICE OF MERCHANT MARINERS AND BY DISPLAYING THE
   FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AT THEIR HOMES AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
   I ALSO REQUEST THAT ALL SHIPS SAILING UNDER THE AMERICAN FLAG
   DRESS SHIP ON THAT DAY.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 23 MAY.