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[CITE: 36USC111]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
      Subtitle I--Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies
 
                   Part A--Observances and Ceremonies
 
              CHAPTER 1--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES
 
Sec. 111. Gold Star Mother's Day

    (a) Designation.--The last Sunday in September is Gold Star Mother's 
Day.
    (b) Proclamation.--The President is requested to issue a 
proclamation calling on United States Government officials to display 
the flag of the United States on all Government buildings, and the 
people of the United States to display the flag and hold appropriate 
meetings at homes, churches, or other suitable places, on Gold Star 
Mother's Day as a public expression of the love, sorrow, and reverence 
of the people for Gold Star Mothers.
(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1256.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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111(a)................................  36:148 (words before comma).     June 2
3, 1936, ch. 736, 49 Stat. 1895.
111(b)................................  36:147.
                                        36:148 (words after comma).
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    In subsection (b), the text of 36:148 (words after comma) is omitted 
as unnecessary. The words ``Gold Star Mother's Day'' are substituted for 
``the last Sunday in September'' in 36:147 for clarity. The word 
``American'' is omitted as unnecessary.
