[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 2014)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 12927-12928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05074]


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                Proclamation 9083 of February 28, 2014

                
American Red Cross Month, 2014

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On the bloodied battlefields of the Civil War, Clara 
                Barton risked her life to aid the wounded, raise 
                spirits, and deliver dearly needed medical supplies. 
                She went on to found the American Red Cross in 1881, 
                which would carry forward her legacy of compassion. 
                Since then, service and relief organizations have 
                demonstrated time and time again that amid the greatest 
                hardship, all of us can unite in shared commitment to 
                helping our fellow human beings. During American Red 
                Cross Month, we honor those who devote themselves to 
                bringing relief where there is suffering, inspiring 
                hope where there is despair, and healing the wounds of 
                disaster and war.

                Today, American Red Cross workers, alongside countless 
                humanitarian organizations and caring volunteers, 
                deliver life-saving assistance in every corner of our 
                Nation and all across the globe. They help us donate 
                blood to the ill and injured, fortify towns against 
                rising flood waters, teach us first aid, and rebuild 
                communities in the wake of terrible disasters. Last 
                year, we saw this compassion once again when a tornado 
                tore through Oklahoma, leaving homes destroyed and 
                schools in rubble. Americans came together as one 
                people and one family, determined to stand with those 
                affected every step of the way and to emerge from this 
                tragedy stronger than ever before.

                During the darkness of storm, we see what is brightest 
                in America--the drive to shield our neighbors from 
                danger, to roll up our sleeves in times of crisis, to 
                respond as one Nation and leave no one behind. This 
                month, as we honor our incredible relief and service 
                organizations, let us also celebrate that uniquely 
                American spirit that calls us, across all lines of 
                background and belief, to set aside smaller differences 
                in service of a greater purpose.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America and Honorary Chairman of the 
                American Red Cross, by virtue of the authority vested 
                in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim March 2014 as American Red 
                Cross Month. I encourage all Americans to observe this 
                month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and 
                activities, and by supporting the work of service and 
                relief organizations.

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

[FR Doc. 2014-05074
Filed 3-6-14; 8:45 am]
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