"Sun Day is May 3" Button

1978

This button promoted Sun Day, 3 May 1978. As stated in a joint resolution of Congress signed into law by President Jimmy Carter: “Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress, assembled, That May 3, 1978, is proclaimed ‘Sun Day’, and the President is authorized and requested (a) to issue a proclamation calling upon the general public, industry, and labor of the United States to observe such day with appropriate activities and ceremonies, and (b) to direct all appropriate Federal agencies to cooperate with, and participate in, the celebration of ‘Sun Day’.”