[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 195 (Friday, October 8, 2010)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 62295-62296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25571]


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 The President

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                Proclamation 8571 of October 1, 2010

                
National Arts and Humanities Month, 2010

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Throughout history, the arts and humanities have helped 
                men and women around the globe grapple with the most 
                challenging questions and come to know the most basic 
                truths. In our increasingly interconnected world, the 
                arts play an important role in both shaping the 
                character that defines us and reminding us of our 
                shared humanity. This month, we celebrate our Nation's 
                arts and humanities, and we recommit to ensuring all 
                Americans can access and experience them.

                Our strength as a Nation has always come from our 
                ability to recognize ourselves in each other, and 
                American artists, historians, and philosophers have 
                helped enable us to find our common humanity. Through 
                powerful scenes on pages, canvases, and stages, the 
                arts have spurred our imaginations, lifted our hearts, 
                and united us all without regard to belief or 
                background.

                The arts and humanities have also helped fuel our 
                economy as well as our souls. Across our country, men 
                and women in the non-profit and for-profit arts 
                industries bring arts and cultural activities to our 
                communities, contributing tens of billions of dollars 
                to our economy each year. Today, arts workers are 
                revitalizing neighborhoods, attracting new visitors, 
                and fostering growth in places that have gone too long 
                without it.

                As we work to bring the power of the arts and 
                humanities to all Americans, my Administration remains 
                committed to providing our children with an education 
                that inspires as it informs. Exposing our students to 
                disciplines in music, dance, drama, design, writing, 
                and fine art is an important part of that mission. To 
                promote arts education and pay tribute to America's 
                vibrant culture, First Lady Michelle Obama and I have 
                been proud to host a White House Music Series, Dance 
                Series, and Poetry Jam. We have been honored to bring 
                students, workshops, and performers to ``the People's 
                House;'' to highlight jazz, country, Latin, and 
                classical music; and to invite Americans to listen to 
                the music of the civil rights movement, hip-hop, and 
                Broadway.

                By supporting the fields that feed our imagination, 
                strengthen our children's education, and contribute to 
                our economy, our country will remain a center of 
                creativity and innovation, and our society will stand 
                as one where dreams can be realized. As we reflect on 
                the contributions of America's artists, we look forward 
                to hearing their tales still untold, their perspectives 
                still unexplored, and their songs still unwritten. May 
                they continue to shed light on trials and triumphs of 
                the human spirit, and may their work help ensure that 
                our children's horizons are ever brighter.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, 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 October 2010 as 
                National Arts and Humanities Month. I call upon the 
                people of the United States to join together in 
                observing this month with appropriate ceremonies, 
                activities, and programs to celebrate the arts and the 
                humanities in America.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                first day of October, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand ten, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and thirty-fifth. 
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2010-25571
Filed 10-7-10; 8:45 am]
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