[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 1998)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 65515-65516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31752]


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                Proclamation 7152 of November 20, 1998

                
National Family Week, 1998

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Of all the blessings that Americans enjoy, our families 
                are perhaps the most precious. It is within the family 
                that we first gain an understanding of who we are and 
                learn to respect the individuality of others. It is to 
                our families that we turn for the unconditional love, 
                acceptance, comfort, and support we need. And it is our 
                families who teach us how to give that love and support 
                to others, helping us to grow into strong, caring 
                adults who can contribute to the well-being of our 
                communities and our world.

                In the broad and diverse America of today, families 
                take many different forms, but they all share a need 
                for security and stability. If we are to maintain 
                strong families as the cornerstone of our society and 
                our hope for the future, it is our responsibility as 
                individuals to strengthen and protect our own 
                families--and it is our responsibility as Americans to 
                reach out with compassion to help other families in 
                need.

                My Administration has worked hard to help provide 
                America's families with the tools they need to thrive. 
                Our economic policies have brought dignity, security, 
                and opportunity to millions of families by creating new 
                jobs and reducing unemployment.

                The most important work, however, is always done in the 
                hearts and homes of individuals. During this week, I 
                encourage all Americans to reflect upon the many 
                blessings of family life and to join in our national 
                effort to promote strong, loving families across our 
                country. By strengthening and supporting the American 
                family, we are ensuring that the future will be bright 
                for our children, our Nation, and the world.

                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 the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim November 22 through 
                November 28, 1998, as National Family Week. I call upon 
                Federal, State, and local officials to honor American 
                families with appropriate programs and activities. I 
                encourage educators, community organizations, and 
                religious leaders to celebrate the strength and values 
                we draw from family relationships, and I urge all the 
                people of the United States to reaffirm their own 
                family ties and to reach out to other families in 
                friendship and goodwill.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twentieth day of November, 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.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 98-31752
Filed 11-24-98; 8:45 am]
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