[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 19, 2004)]
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The President





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Proclamation 7785--National Defense Transportation Day and National 
Transportation Week, 2004



Proclamation 7786--National Hurricane Preparedness Week, 2004



Proclamation 7787--Small Business Week, 2004



Proclamation 7788--World Trade Week, 2004
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                Proclamation 7785 of May 14, 2004

                
National Defense Transportation Day and National 
                Transportation Week, 2004

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Each year, America's transportation system helps many 
                travelers reach their destinations and carries more 
                than 16 billion tons of freight worth almost $12 
                trillion. In addition, our transportation systems play 
                a critical role in deploying and sustaining our troops 
                and their equipment around the world.

                Throughout our history, advances in transportation have 
                been at the forefront of progress. Last December, we 
                celebrated the centennial of the Wright Brothers' first 
                flight in North Carolina. The pioneering work of the 
                Wright Brothers and subsequent improvements in aviation 
                ushered in new eras of freedom and captured the 
                imaginations of people around the world.

                Today, our Nation proudly continues this tradition of 
                innovation in all transportation fields. As we observe 
                National Defense Transportation Day and National 
                Transportation Week, we continue to modernize 
                transportation, and we honor transportation 
                professionals who help to keep our transportation 
                systems secure, efficient, and reliable.

                To recognize the men and women who work in the 
                transportation industry and who contribute to our 
                Nation's well-being and defense, the Congress, by joint 
                resolution approved May 16, 1957, as amended (36 U.S.C. 
                120), has designated the third Friday in May of each 
                year as ``National Defense Transportation Day,'' and, 
                by joint resolution approved May 14, 1962, as amended 
                (36 U.S.C. 133), declared that the week during which 
                that Friday falls be designated as ``National 
                Transportation Week.''

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby proclaim Friday, 
                May 21, 2004, as National Defense Transportation Day 
                and May 16 through May 22, 2004, as National 
                Transportation Week.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fourteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand four, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and twenty-eighth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

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