36 USC CHAPTER 3
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301. National anthem.
302. National motto.
303. National floral emblem.
304. National march.
305. National tree.
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Sec. 301. National anthem
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(a) Designation. – The composition consisting of the words and music known as the Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem.
(b) Conduct During Playing. – During a rendition of the national anthem –
(1) when the flag is displayed –
(A) individuals in uniform should give the military salute at the first note of the anthem and maintain that position until the last note;
(B) members of the Armed Forces and veterans who are present but not in uniform may render the military salute in the manner provided for individuals in uniform; and
(C) all other persons present should face the flag and stand at attention with their right hand over the heart, and men not in uniform, if applicable, should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart; and
(2) when the flag is not displayed, all present should face toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the flag were displayed.
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Sec. 302. National motto
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“In God we trust” is the national motto.
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Sec. 303. National floral emblem
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The flower commonly known as the rose is the national floral emblem.
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PROC. NO. 5574. THE ROSE PROCLAIMED THE NATIONAL FLORAL EMBLEM OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Proc. No. 5574, Nov. 20, 1986, 51 F.R. 42197, provided:
Americans have always loved the flowers with which God decorates our land. More often than any other flower, we hold the rose dear as the symbol of life and love and devotion, of beauty and eternity. For the love of man and woman, for the love of mankind and God, for the love of country, Americans who would speak the language of the heart do so with a rose.
We see proofs of this everywhere. The study of fossils reveals that the rose has existed in America for age upon age. We have always cultivated roses in our gardens. Our first President, George Washington, bred roses, and a variety he named after his mother is still grown today. The White House itself boasts a beautiful Rose Garden. We grow roses in all our fifty States. We find roses throughout our art, music, and literature. We decorate our celebrations and parades with roses. Most of all, we present roses to those we love, and we lavish them on our altars, our civil shrines, and the final resting places of our honored dead.
The American people have long held a special place in their hearts for roses. Let us continue to cherish them, to honor the love and devotion they represent, and to bestow them on all we love just as God has bestowed them on us.
The Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 159 [Pub. L. 99-449, now this section], has designated the rose as the National Floral Emblem of the United States and authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation declaring this fact.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the rose as the National Floral Emblem of the United States of America.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of November, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and eleventh.
Ronald Reagan.
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Sec. 304. National march
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The composition by John Philip Sousa entitled “The Stars and Stripes Forever” is the national march.
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Sec. 305. National tree
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The tree genus Quercus, commonly known as the oak tree, is the national tree.
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We conclude the official patriotic observance of Honor America Days. We hope that we have been informative and a little fun. We, also, hope that after you finish viewing and reviewing this information, that you are left with a better appreciation for you freedoms and liberties and the Constitution of the United States. We celebrate the contributions of ALL Americans—those naturally born and those who renounced King and country to live in freedom; the quick and the dead.
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