[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 29, 1999)]
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The President





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Proclamation 7226--Gold Star Mother's Day, 1999
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                Proclamation 7226 of September 24, 1999

                
Gold Star Mother's Day, 1999

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                For generations, the brave men and women of our Armed 
                Forces have answered our Nation's call to service. In 
                the air, on the sea, and across the world's 
                battlefields, they have fought with valor and 
                determination so that we might continue to live in 
                freedom. The blessings of liberty and peace we know 
                today have been paid for with the lives of those who 
                never returned home.

                The Gold Star Mothers of America know the price of 
                freedom all too well. They have experienced one of 
                life's greatest joys in becoming a parent and have 
                endured one of life's greatest sorrows in losing a son 
                or daughter. The spirit of sacrifices made by our 
                fallen warriors lives on in the hearts of our Gold Star 
                Mothers.

                Their sacrifice lives on as well in the work Gold Star 
                Mothers perform in communities throughout our country, 
                working with disabled veterans and their families, 
                nurturing patriotism in a new generation of young 
                Americans, reaching out to others who have lost a child 
                in the service of our Nation, and ensuring that the 
                contributions of their own sons and daughters are never 
                forgotten. The generous and compassionate work of Gold 
                Star Mothers is a powerful legacy of service that they 
                carry on in loving memory of their children.

                We have a profound obligation to honor the service and 
                sacrifice of these remarkable women as we honor their 
                children. 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 
                26, 1999, 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.

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

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 99-25526
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