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In 1971, Mrs. Michael Hoff, an MIA wife and member of the National League of Households, recognized the need for a symbol 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 most recent member of the United Nations, the People's Republic of China, as a part of their coverage to offer flags to all United Nations members states. Mrs. Hoff found Mr. Rivkees very sympathetic to the POW/MIA difficulty, and he, together with Annin's promoting agency, designed a flag to symbolize 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 within the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on account of legislation handed overwhelmingly during the 100th Congress. In an illustration 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 within the U.S. Capitol Rotunda the place it can stand as a strong symbol of national dedication to America's POW/MIAs till the fullest doable accounting has been achieved for U.S. personnel still missing and unaccounted for from the Vietnam War. On August 10, 1990, the one hundred and first Congress passed U.S. Public Law a hundred and one-355, which recognized the League's POW/MIA flag and designated it "as the image of our Nation's concern and dedication to resolving as totally as doable the fates of Americans still prisoner, missing and unaccounted for in Southeast Asia, thus ending the uncertainty for his or her families and the Nation". The significance of the League's POW/MIA flag lies in its continued visibility, a continuing reminder of the plight of America's POW/MIAs. Apart from "Outdated Glory", the League's POW/MIA flag is the only flag ever to fly over the White Home, having been displayed in this place of honor on National POW/MIA Recognition Day since 1982. With passage of Part 1082 of the 1998 Protection Authorization Act through the first time period of the one hundred and fifth Congress, the League's POW/MIA flag will fly every year on Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, National POW/MIA Recognition Day and Veterans Day on the grounds or within the public lobbies of major army installations as designated by the Secretary of the Protection, all Federal national cemeteries, the nationwide Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Nationwide Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the White Home, the United States Postal Service post offices and on the official offices of the Secretaries of State, Defense and Veteran's Affairs, and Director of the Selective Service System.
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