[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 21, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
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[FR Doc No: 95-28629]



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                Proclamation 6852 of November 15, 1995

                
National Family Week, 1995

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                 Blessed with an extraordinary diversity of people from 
                every culture and nation around the globe, the United 
                States has always drawn strength from our citizens' 
                shared commitment to the importance of family life. The 
                family is society's most basic unit, daily providing 
                the acceptance, love, and reassurance that enable each 
                of us to flourish and succeed. It creates the earliest 
                and strongest bonds between individuals--bonds that we 
                seek to build upon to improve our Nation as a whole.

                 Families are where we first learn important lessons 
                about responsibility and where we absorb the ideals and 
                traditions that define our unique American character. 
                Yet we must do more to address the variety of troubles, 
                such as substance abuse, domestic violence, and teenage 
                pregnancy that have placed strains on the American 
                family and threaten the well-being of our young people. 
                At the same time, our efforts to combat crime and 
                poverty cannot fully succeed until we rebuild our 
                families and renew our commitment to their progress. A 
                strong network of community, State, and national 
                partnerships can also help families to face the 
                challenges of everyday life.

                 This week, as young and old gather around the 
                Thanksgiving table, it is crucial that we embrace and 
                empower American families, offering them the 
                opportunities they need to thrive and grow. Let us each 
                take time to appreciate the value of our family 
                relationships and rededicate ourselves to building 
                essential ties of kinship among all people.

                 NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of 
                the United States, do hereby proclaim November 19 
                through November 25, 1995, as National Family Week. I 
                call upon Federal, State, and local officials to honor 
                American families with appropriate ceremonies and 
                programs; I encourage educators, community 
                organizations, and religious leaders to celebrate the 
                moral and spiritual strength to be drawn from family 
                relationships; and I urge all the people of the United 
                States to reaffirm their own familial bonds and to 
                reach out to others in friendship and goodwill.

                 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fifteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-five, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and twentieth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 95-28629
Filed 11-20-95; 11:48 am]
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