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In 1971, Mrs. Michael Hoff, an MIA spouse and member of the National League of Families, acknowledged the need for a logo of our POW/MIAs. Prompted by an article in the Jacksonville, Florida Times-Union, Mrs. Hoff contacted Norman Rivkees, Vice President of Annin & Company which had made a banner for the latest member of the United Nations, the Individuals's Republic of China, as a part of their policy to offer flags to all United Nations members states. Mrs. Hoff discovered Mr. Rivkees very sympathetic to the POW/MIA challenge, and he, together with Annin's promoting company, designed a flag to represent our missing men. Following League approval, the flags had been manufactured for distribution. On March 9, 1989, an official League flag, which flew over the White House on 1988 Nationwide POW/MIA Recognition Day, was installed in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda as a result of laws handed overwhelmingly through the 100th Congress. In an indication of bipartisan Congressional assist, the management of both Houses hosted the installation ceremony. The League's POW/MIA flag is the one flag ever displayed in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda the place it is going to stand as a powerful symbol of national commitment to America's POW/MIAs till the fullest possible accounting has been achieved for U.S. personnel still missing and unaccounted for from the Vietnam War. On August 10, 1990, the a hundred and first Congress passed U.S. Public Legislation a hundred and one-355, which recognized the League's POW/MIA flag and designated it "as the symbol of our Nation's concern and commitment to resolving as totally as potential the fates of Individuals still prisoner, missing and unaccounted for in Southeast Asia, thus ending the uncertainty for their families and the Nation". The importance of the League's POW/MIA flag lies in its continued visibility, a continuing reminder of the plight of America's POW/MIAs. Aside from "Previous Glory", the League's POW/MIA flag is the only flag ever to fly over the White House, having been displayed in this place of honor on National POW/MIA Recognition Day since 1982. With passage of Part 1082 of the 1998 Defense Authorization Act throughout the first time period of the a hundred and fifth Congress, the League's POW/MIA flag will fly annually on Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, Nationwide POW/MIA Recognition Day and Veterans Day on the grounds or within the public lobbies of main navy installations as designated by the Secretary of the Defense, all Federal nationwide cemeteries, the nationwide Korean Warfare Veterans Memorial, the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the White House, the United States Postal Service post offices and at the official workplaces of the Secretaries of State, Protection and Veteran's Affairs, and Director of the Selective Service System.
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