[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 1998)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 52129-52130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26255]


      

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Part VIII





The President





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Proclamation 7127--Gold Star Mother's Day, 1998
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                Proclamation 7127 of September 25, 1998

                
Gold Star Mother's Day, 1998

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Throughout our Nation's history, brave Americans have 
                put on the uniforms of our Armed Services and placed 
                themselves in harm's way to preserve our cherished 
                freedoms and advance the ideals of democracy. In the 
                brutality of war, many have sacrificed their lives, 
                bringing devastating pain and grief to their families 
                and friends. No one feels such a loss more acutely than 
                do the mothers and fathers of these patriots who have 
                paid so dearly to serve our country. To bear and 
                nurture children, to give them life and unbounded love, 
                to raise them with care to adulthood, only to lose them 
                to the fatal grip of war, brings an abiding sorrow.

                Yet, with strength and determination, a group of 
                extraordinary women has transformed sorrow into service 
                to others. Since 1928, America's Gold Star Mothers have 
                worked together to serve their communities and our 
                Nation. They bring comfort and hope to disabled 
                veterans and their families, to keep alive the memory 
                of all Americans who have paid the ultimate price for 
                our freedom, and to promote harmony among all the 
                peoples of the world. Their quest for peace is 
                especially poignant because they know better than most 
                the cruel costs of war. Every Gold Star Mother has 
                faced the inevitable and unyielding truth that the 
                proud son or daughter who marched off to battle will 
                never come home to her loving arms. Bound by sorrow yet 
                filled with compassion, America's Gold Star Mothers are 
                a noble example of love, dedication, and patriotism.

                As a Nation, we have a sacred duty to remember those 
                who have died in service to our country, but we have an 
                important responsibility to the living as well. 
                America's Gold Star Mothers deserve our unfailing 
                gratitude and profound respect, not only for their 
                courage and compassion in the face of great personal 
                sadness, but also for their constant love for our 
                country and their fellow Americans. That is why the 
                Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 115 of June 23, 
                1936 (49 Stat. 1895), has designated the last Sunday in 
                September as ``Gold Star Mother's Day'' and 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 September 
                27, 1998, as Gold Star Mother's Day. I call on all 
                government officials to display the United States flag 
                on government buildings on this day. I also urge the 
                American people to display the flag and to hold 
                appropriate meetings in their homes, places of worship, 
                or other suitable places, as a public expression of the 
                sympathy and the respect that our Nation holds for its 
                Gold Star Mothers.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-eight, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and twenty-third.

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[FR Doc. 98-26255
Filed 9-28-98; 11:26 am]
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