[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 87 (Friday, May 4, 2018)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 19903-19904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-09739]


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                Proclamation 9738 of April 30, 2018

                
Loyalty Day, 2018

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On Loyalty Day, we reflect with humility and gratitude 
                upon the freedoms we hold dear, and we reaffirm our 
                allegiance to our Nation and its founding principles. 
                We cherish our system of self-government, whereby each 
                American citizen is free to exercise their God-given 
                and inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the 
                pursuit of happiness. We honor and defend our 
                Constitution, which constrains the power of government 
                and allows us freely to exercise these rights. We also 
                recognize the great responsibility that accompanies a 
                free people and vow to preserve our hard-won liberty. 
                For we know, as President Ronald Reagan once said, that 
                ``freedom is never more than one generation away from 
                extinction.''

                This Loyalty Day, we remember and honor the thousands 
                of Americans who have laid down their lives to protect 
                and defend our Nation's beautiful flag, from those who 
                battled on Bunker Hill to those who sailed at Midway. 
                These brave men and women fought and died to ensure 
                that the United States of America continues to shine as 
                a beacon of hope and freedom around the world. 
                America's light will continue to shine because our 
                Government is built on the propositions that government 
                derives its just power from the consent of the governed 
                and that government exists for the purpose of 
                protecting the individual rights of its citizens. This 
                makes our Nation exceptional. Through devotion and 
                sacrifice, each new generation has preserved these 
                rights for posterity. It now falls to us to continue 
                this legacy.

                As we have since our Nation's founding, Americans today 
                continue to strengthen the fabric of our Nation. The 
                men and women of our Armed Forces courageously confront 
                our enemies, who seek to do us harm and to destroy our 
                way of life. Our first responders valiantly rush toward 
                danger to save lives and aid those in need, often at 
                great personal risk. Parents and teachers prepare our 
                youth to defend our unique heritage and our rights. Our 
                Nation's entrepreneurs and business owners are rewarded 
                by how well they serve others--a remarkable feature of 
                our free market system. The valued virtue of selfless 
                service that permeates American life exemplifies our 
                proud loyalty to our country and fellow citizens.

                To express our country's loyalty to individual 
                liberties, to limited government, and to the inherent 
                dignity of every human being, the Congress, by Public 
                Law 85-529, as amended, has designated May 1 of each 
                year as ``Loyalty Day.'' On this day, we honor the 
                United States of America and those who uphold its 
                values, particularly those who have fought and continue 
                to fight to defend the freedom our Constitution affords 
                us.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 1, 
                2018, as Loyalty Day. I call on all Americans to 
                observe this day with appropriate ceremonies in our 
                schools and other public places, including recitation 
                of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United 
                States of America. I also call upon all Government 
                officials to display the flag of the United States on 
                all Government buildings and grounds on that day.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                second.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2018-09739
Filed 5-3-18; 11:15 am]
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