[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 1994)]
[Presidential Documents]
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[FR Doc No: 94-1481]


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                        Presidential Documents 



                Proclamation 6647 of January 14, 1994

 

National Good Teen Day, 1994

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                There are now more than 24 million young people between 
                the ages of 13 and 19 in the United States, each of 
                them unique, each with promise, each struggling with 
                the complicated transition to adulthood. These young 
                people hold the keys to a promising future, and we must 
                help them use every available resource to meet the 
                challenges that lie ahead. Few generations have been 
                confronted with so much responsibility, yet perhaps 
                none has been presented with such exciting 
                opportunities.

                In spite of barriers and stumbling blocks, most teens 
                play by the rules as they begin the work of building 
                meaningful lives for themselves and finding their 
                places in the community. Most embrace and promote 
                fairness and compassion, often championing such 
                precepts when others forsake them as unattainable 
                ideals. They work together to diminish prejudice and 
                violence; they find joy in family and friends and 
                satisfaction in triumph and accomplishment.

                Many teens are heroes who refuse to give up in 
                adversity, to yield to temptation, or to give in to the 
                negative influences around them. They serve as positive 
                role models to younger children, as leaders to their 
                peers, and as inspiration to older generations. They 
                are our future, our hope, and a very real joy to those 
                of us who know them well.

                We are justifiably proud of American teens. They 
                deserve our recognition and appreciation, and it is 
                fitting that we honor them. Our country depends on 
                their energy and dedication. Their knowledge, 
                creativity, and dreams can change America for the 
                better.

                The Congress, by House Joint Resolution 75, has 
                designated January 16, 1994, as ``National Good Teen 
                Day'' and has authorized and requested the President to 
                issue a proclamation in observance of this day.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby proclaim January 
                16, 1994, as National Good Teen Day. I invite the 
                States, communities, and people of the United States to 
                observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and 
                programs in appreciation of our Nation's teenagers.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fourteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-four, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and eighteenth.

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[FR Doc 94-1481
Filed 1-18-94; 1:59 pm]
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