Public Law 88-6
1ST SESSION
An Act
To proclaim Sir Winston Churchill an honorary citizen of the United States of America.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to declare by proclamation that Sir Winston Churchill shall be an honorary citizen of the United States of America. |
Approved April 9, 1963, 2:45 p.m..
Legislative History
[edit]- H.R. 4374
- See Related
− Presidential Proclamation 3525, April 9, 1963. ( 77 Stat. 994. )
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- As given at the White House, Washington D.C., April 9, 1963;
- As given at 28 Hyde Park Gate, London, April 6, 1963;
- As read at the White House by Randolph S. Churchill, April 9, 1963
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