[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 178 (Thursday, September 13, 2012)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 56521-56522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22674]


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 Title 3--
 The President

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                Proclamation 8858 of September 7, 2012

                
National Grandparents Day, 2012

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Throughout our history, grandparents have guided their 
                children and grandchildren through trial and triumph. 
                For many of us, our grandparents were among our 
                earliest teachers and caregivers. They have added 
                immeasurably to the strength of our families, and with 
                compassion and wisdom, they have enriched our lives 
                with the stories of those who came before us. On 
                National Grandparents Day, we give thanks to those who 
                helped raise us and pay tribute to a generation that 
                still inspires us toward brighter horizons.

                Our grandparents set the course of an American century. 
                They have witnessed great milestones in our Nation's 
                history, and from the battlefield to the factory floor 
                to their neighborhoods, our grandparents' tireless 
                pursuit of progress has paved the road that we travel 
                today. Just as they helped shape the country we know 
                and love, so have they shaped each of us into who we 
                are as individuals. Our grandmothers and grandfathers 
                have profoundly influenced every part of our society, 
                and as their grandchildren, it is incumbent upon all of 
                us to provide them with the care and support they so 
                deeply deserve.

                Today, we honor America's grandparents, and we 
                celebrate their indelible contributions to family, 
                community, and country.

                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 September 9, 2012, as 
                National Grandparents Day. I call upon all Americans to 
                take the time to honor their own grandparents and those 
                in their community.

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

[FR Doc. 2012-22674
Filed 9-12-12; 8:45 am]
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