SPECIAL DAYS AND HOLIDAYS

Addresses

Black History Month: George W. Haley, S3143-S3145 [27FE]

George Washington's Birthday Anniversary: Representative Horn, H2148 [23FE]

———Representative Richardson, H2148 [23FE]

Memorial Day: Walter Adams, E2143 [9NO]

Memorial Day Observance: Bernard (Bun) Ryan, E1423 [12JY]

———Representative Montgomery, E1232 [13JN]

Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.: Rudy Porter, E321 [10FE]

Veterans Day: Leighton W. Smith, Jr., S17930 [4DE]

———Representative Shaw, E2158 [10NO]

V-J Day 50th Anniversary Commemoration Service: Senator Heflin, S13136 [8SE]

Washington's Farewell Address: read by Senator Thomas, S2907-S2911 [22FE]

Advertisements

July 4, 1776: Norfolk Southern Corp., S9514 [30JN]

Appointments

George Washington's birthday ceremonies delegation, H1912 [21FE]

Articles and editorials

Memories of Okinawa—Representative Bobby Stump Recalls His Role in the Historic Battle on Its 50th Anniversary, H5363 [18MY]

World War II Revisited—A Retrospect of V-E Day and the Events Leading up to It, S7401-S7403 [24MY]

Bills and resolutions

Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day: designate (see S. 197), S789 [11JA]

Chavez, Cesar E.: designate birthday as Federal holiday (see H.J. Res. 84), H4031 [30MR]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 79), S3132 [24FE]

Haleyville, AL, Emergency 911 Day: designate (see S. Res. 78), S2648 [14FE]

Holidays: restore traditional observance of Memorial Day and Veterans Day (see S. 77), S49 [4JA]

Memorial Day: restore traditional observance (see H.R. 2603), H12084 [9NO]

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 191), S16495 [1NO]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 103), S5217 [5AP]

National Children's Day: designate (see S. Res. 178), S14710 [29SE]

National Dog Week: designate (see S. Res. 173), S13842 [19SE]

National Drug Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 188, 189), S16108 [27OC], S16422 [31OC]

National Family Week: designate (see S. Res. 146), S9517 [30JN]

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 26), S1848 [31JA]

National 4-H Day: designate (see S. Res. 100), S5142 [4AP]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 147), S9517 [30JN]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 177), S14710 [29SE]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 77), S2569 [13FE]

National Speak No Evil Day: designate (see S. Res. 151), S10147 [17JY]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see S. Res. 37), S732 [10JA]

President's Advisory Commission on National Commemorative Events: establish (see S. 1236), S13540 [13SE]

Roosevelt History Month: designate (see S. Res. 75), S1920 [1FE]

Week Without Violence: designate (see S. Res. 180), S15034 [11OC]

Essays

Memorial Day: Jessica Herold and Kimberly Shoemaker, E1260 [15JN]

———Tasha Voeltzel, E1260 [15JN]

———Travis McGrath, E1260 [15JN]

What Negro History Month Means To Me: Joseph Myers, E284 [7FE]

Letters

Day of the African Child: Julie Haronik, S8566 [16JN]

Father's Day observance: Chuck Everett, S8448 [15JN]

National Sportsmanship Day: Florence Griffith Joyner and Tom McMillen, President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, S3685 [8MR], S3742 [9MR]

Poems

``This Is V-J Day,'' Maurice Sapienza, S14945-S14947 [10OC]

``Wearin' O' the Green'', S4147 [17MR]

Proclamations

American Heart Month: President Clinton, S3293 [28FE]

World Population Awareness Week: Evan Bayh, Governor of Indiana, E1936 [12OC]

Programs

Wreath-laying ceremony to celebrate George Washington's 263d birthday, H2148 [23FE]

Remarks in House

Arson Awareness Week: observance, H4484 [2MY]

Asian Pacific-American Heritage Month: observance, E1135 [25MY]

Bell County, TX: tribute to police, fire, and emergency service workers, E1914 [11OC]

Belmar, NJ: anniversary of St. Patrick's Day parade, E435 [24FE]

Black History Month: observance, H2041-H2063 [22FE], H2219 [24FE], H2295 [27FE], H2378 [28FE], E242 [1FE], E355 [16FE], E389 [21FE], E415 [23FE], E419, E420 [24FE], E460, E464 [28FE]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H11566-H11572 [31OC], E1951 [17OC]

Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day: designate (S. 197), E345 [14FE]

Character Counts Week: observance, E1992 [20OC]

Chavez, Cesar E.: designate birthday as Federal holiday (H.J. Res. 84), H4010 [30MR]

Columbus Day: observance, E1885 [29SE]

Coryell County, TX: tribute to police, fire, and emergency service workers, E1914 [11OC]

Day of the African Child: observance, E1257 [15JN], E1272, E1277, E1278, E1279 [16JN]

Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, E2005 [24OC], E2078 [31OC]

Earth Day: observance, E852 [7AP]

Fire Prevention Week: observance, H9864, H9867, H9892, H9895 [11OC]

Flag Day: observance, H5909, H5910, H5977, H5980, H5981 [14JN], E1252, E1255 [15JN]

George Washington's birthday: ceremonies delegation, H1912 [21FE]

———wreath-laying ceremony at Washington Monument, H2148 [23FE]

German American Day: observance, E1853 [28SE]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: observance, H3796-H3804 [24MR], E672 [23MR]

Human Rights Week: observance, E2360 [14DE]

International Customs Day: observance, E200 [27JA]

International Women's Day: observance, E555 [8MR]

Italian-American Heritage Month: observance, E1877 [29SE]

Law Day: observance, E923 [2MY]

Local Heroes Week: observance, E1914 [11OC]

Loyalty Day: observance, E946 [3MY]

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance, H185 [11JA], E46 [5JA], E91 [13JA]

Memorial Day: observance, H5603 [25MY], E980 [9MY], E1120 [25MY], E1141 [26MY], E1168 [7JN], E1423 [12JY], E2143 [9NO]

Missing Children's Day: observance, H5593 [25MY]

Mother's Day: observance, H4871 [11MY]

National Appreciation Day for Catholic Schools: observance, E105 [17JA], E117 [18JA]

National Dental Hygiene Month: observance, E1993 [20OC]

National Dystonia Awareness Week: observance, H8912 [14SE], E1836 [25SE]

National Engineering Week: observance, E508 [3MR]

National Eye Donor Month: observance, E241 [1FE]

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 26), H4394 [6AP]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: observance, H6400 [28JN], E1354 [28JN]

National Home Health Care Month: observance, E2133 [8NO]

National Hospice Month: observance, E2133 [8NO]

National Literacy Day: observance, E1375 [30JN]

National Maritime Day: observance, E1202 [8JN]

National Medical Laboratory Week: observance, E870 [7AP]

National Missing Children's Day: observance, E1139 [26MY]

National Police Officers Memorial Day: observance, E1033 [15MY]

National Senior Center Week: observance, E1059 [17MY]

National Week of the Child: observance, E941 [3MY]

Pennsylvania: observance of York-Adams County Central Labor Council Workers Memorial Day, E871 [7AP]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance, E936 [3MY]

Punxsutawney, PA: Groundhog Day observance, E251 [2FE]

Quarles, LaShaun: recipient of Black History Contest Award, E465 [28FE]

Safe Boating Week: observance, E1024 [12MY]

Small Business Week: observance, E945 [3MY]

St. Patrick's Day: observance, E524 [6MR]

Uniontown, PA: observance of Americanism Day, E756 [3AP]

Veterans Day: observance, H11907 [8NO], H12088 [10NO], E2007 [24OC], E2104 [2NO], E2127 [8NO], E2147, E2153 [9NO], E2158 [10NO], E2165, E2166 [13NO]

Week Without Violence: designate (S. Res. 180), E1941 [12OC]

Welsh Americans: observance of St. David's Day, E472 [1MR]

Women and Girls in Sports Day: observance, H1146 [2FE]

Women's History Month: observance, H3066 [13MR]

World Food Day: observance, E1390 [30JN]

World Mental Health Week: observance, E1927 [11OC]

World Population Awareness Week: observance, E1936 [12OC]

World War II: anniversary of V-E Day, H4556 [9MY], H5359-H5365 [18MY], E971, E974 [9MY], E1021 [12MY], E1168 [7JN]

———anniversary of V-J Day, H8544 [6SE], H8715 [8SE]

Remarks in Senate

American Heart Month: observance, S3292 [28FE]

Arson Awareness Week: observance, S6188 [4MY]

Black History Month: observance, S2580 [13FE], S2977 [22FE], S3143 [27FE]

Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day: designate (S. 197), S798 [11JA]

Character Counts Week: observance, S15701 [25OC]

Coast Guard Day: observance, S11446 [4AU]

Crime Victims' Rights Week: observance, S5749 [27AP]

Day of Confronting Violence Against Women: observance, S15315 [19OC]

Day of the African Child: observance, S8565, S8566 [16JN]

Dole, Senator: happy holiday wishes, S19293 [23DE]

Earth Day: observance, S5853 [27AP], S6001 [2MY]

Father's Day: observance, S8448 [15JN]

Fire Prevention Week: observance, S15140 [12OC]

Flag Day: observance, S8297, S8404 [14JN]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate, S2529 [10FE]

———designate (S. Res. 79), S3134 [24FE], S3432 [2MR], S4293 [21MR], S4530, S4531, S4564 [24MR], S4682 [28MR]

Haleyville, AL, Emergency 911 Day: designate (S. Res. 78), S2645 [14FE], S2902 [16FE]

Holidays: restore traditional observance of Memorial Day and Veterans Day (S. 77), S290 [4JA]

Independence Day: observance, S9514 [30JN]

Kid's Appreciation Day: designate, S8186 [12JN]

National Agriculture Week: observance, S4530, S4531 [24MR]

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (S. Res. 191), S16555 [1NO]

National Autism Awareness Week: observance, S824 [12JA]

National Character Counts Week: designate (S. Res. 103), S5232-S5236 [5AP], S12518 [11AU]

National Children's Day: designate (S. Res. 178), S14797 [29SE]

National Dairy Month: observance, S9322 [28JN]

National Day of Service: observance, S5636 [25AP]

National Defense Transportation Day: observance, S7021 [19MY]

National Dog Week: designate (S. Res. 173), S13866 [19SE]

National Drug Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 189), S16440 [31OC]

National Engineers Week: observance, S3081 [24FE]

National Family Week: designate (S. Res. 146), S9541 [30JN], S17420 [17NO]

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 26), S1860 [31JA]

National 4-H Day: designate (S. Res. 100), S5212 [5AP]

National Grocers Week: observance, S8184 [12JN]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (S. Res. 147), S9541 [30JN], S13990 [20SE]

National Hosiery Week: observance, S11225 [2AU]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate, S7381 [24MY]

National Mammography Day: designate (S. Res. 177), S14753 [29SE], S15311, S15312 [19OC]

National Mental Health Counseling Week: designate, S3861 [14MR]

———observance, S5139 [4AP]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (S. Res. 77), S2580 [13FE]

National Police Week: observance, S6764 [16MY]

National School Lunch Week: observance, S15365 [19OC]

National Small Business Week: observance, S6196 [5MY]

National Sportsmanship Day: observance, S3684 [8MR], S3742 [9MR]

National Take Our Daughters to Work Day: observance, S5748 [27AP]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (S. Res. 37), S1919 [1FE]

Oceans Day: observance, S8046 [8JN]

President's Advisory Commission on National Commemorative Events: establish (S. 1236), S13541 [13SE]

Roosevelt History Month: designate (S. Res. 75), S1962 [1FE], S18575 [13DE]

St. Patrick's Day: observance, S4147 [17MR]

Veterans Day: observance, S16834 [8NO], S16928, S16941 [9NO], S17930 [4DE]

Week Without Violence: designate (S. Res. 180), S15042 [11OC], S15170 [13OC], S15315 [19OC]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, S6002 [2MY]

World War II: anniversary of V-E Day, S6227, S6230, S6234, S6236, S6237, S6238, S6240, S6241 [8MY], S6507 [11MY], S7401 [24MY]

———anniversary of V-J Day, S12746 [6SE], S14945 [10OC]

———closing of commemorations for the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II, S15258 [17OC]

Reports filed

Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 197) (S. Rept. 104-34), S5546 [7AP]

National Character Counts Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 103), S10426 [20JY]

National Mammography Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 177), S15337 [19OC]

Resolutions by organizations

Year of the Veteran: San Diego County, CA, E553 [8MR]

Statements

Black History Month: Eric Holder, E464 [28FE]

Loyalty Day: Keith Harper, VFW, E946 [3MY]

Summaries

World Food Day—Teleconference Executive Summary, E1390-E1392 [30JN]

Texts of

S. 77, restore traditional observance of Memorial Day and Veterans Day, S290 [4JA]

S. 197, Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day, S798 [11JA], E345 [14FE]

S. 1236, National Commemorative Events Advisory Act, S13541 [13SE]

S. Res. 37, National Women and Girls in Sports Day, S741 [10JA], S1919 [1FE]

S. Res. 75, Roosevelt History Month, S1962 [1FE], S18575 [13DE]

S. Res. 77, National Peace Officers Memorial Day, S2579, S2581 [13FE]

S. Res. 78, Haleyville, AL, Emergency 911 Day, S2646, S2664 [14FE]

S. Res. 79, Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy, S3134 [24FE], S4293 [21MR]

S. Res. 100, National 4-H Day, S5156 [4AP], S5212 [5AP]

S. Res. 103, National Character Counts Week, S5232 [5AP], S12519 [11AU]

S. Res. 146, National Family Week, S9541 [30JN], S17420 [17NO]

S. Res. 147, National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, S9541 [30JN], S13990 [20SE]

S. Res. 173, National Dog Week, S13866 [19SE]

S. Res. 177, National Mammography Day, S14752 [29SE], S15312 [19OC]

S. Res. 178, National Children's Day, S14753, S14797 [29SE]

S. Res. 180, Week Without Violence, S15042 [11OC], S15170 [13OC]

S. Res. 188, National Drug Awareness Day, S16110 [27OC]

S. Res. 189, National Drug Awareness Day, S16428, S16440 [31OC]

S. Res. 191, National American Indian Heritage Month, S16509, S16555 [1NO]