[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 58 (Monday, March 26, 2001)]
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The President





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Proclamation 7417--Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2001
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                Proclamation 7417 of March 22, 2001

                
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2001

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                With the dawn of a new century, America's youth face a 
                world of nearly unlimited possibilities. New advances 
                in technology, medicine, and science offer the 
                potential for great progress. We must ensure that every 
                child has the technical skills needed to pursue success 
                in their respective fields. However, they also require 
                the wisdom and understanding to make sense of an ever-
                changing world.

                As teachers, parents, and citizens, we have a 
                responsibility to pass on more than just academic 
                knowledge to our children. We also need to provide them 
                with the moral strength to see them through turbulent 
                and challenging times. An education that nurtures 
                goodness and kindness gives direction and dignity to 
                the lives of our young people and strengthens our 
                communities. Humanity has long recognized such core and 
                never-changing ethical values as vital to the well-
                being of a society and its citizenry.

                Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher 
                Rebbe, clearly understood the importance of fostering 
                character. His establishment of educational, social, 
                and rehabilitative institutions bettered the lives of 
                people both in this country and abroad. As he once 
                said, ``All educational efforts are basically 
                meaningless unless built on the solid foundation of 
                good character.'' Next year marks the 100th anniversary 
                of the Rebbe's birth, but his legacy of teaching that a 
                nation's true greatness is measured by whether it 
                produces citizens of compassion and character remains 
                timeless.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, 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 April 4, 2001, as Education 
                and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2001. By teaching children the 
                highest standards of ethical behavior, Americans 
                prepare our next generation of leaders to pursue 
                meaningful lives as members of a decent and caring 
                society.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-second day of March, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand one, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and twenty-fifth.

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