[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 145 (Friday, July 29, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 45623-45624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16446]


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 Title 3--
 The President

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                Proclamation 10427 of July 26, 2022

                
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, 2022

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                In June of 1950, the United States answered the call to 
                defend freedom abroad by joining the Republic of Korea 
                in its fight against the communist regime in North 
                Korea and eventually the People's Republic of China. 
                After 3 years of violent combat across the Korean 
                peninsula, an armistice was signed by representatives 
                of the United States as head of the United Nations 
                Command, the People's Republic of China, and North 
                Korea. For nearly 70 years, the ensuing peace and the 
                abiding relationship between the Korean and American 
                people has been the foundation for the thriving 
                democracy and incredible economic progress of the 
                Republic of Korea. During my recent visit to the 
                Republic of Korea, I paid tribute to those Korean 
                troops who fought and sacrificed shoulder-to-shoulder 
                with Americans, along with our United Nations 
                counterparts, to defend their country. Today, our 
                Nation honors those selfless American service members 
                whose courage and sacrifice helped forge the armistice, 
                the enduring Alliance between our two nations, and a 
                lasting legacy of freedom in the Republic of Korea.

                Today, the Republic of Korea is our strong ally, a 
                global center of innovation, and a vibrant democracy. 
                In Seoul, I affirmed with President Yoon that the U.S.-
                ROK Alliance is stronger than ever, evolving to 
                maintain its role as a linchpin of peace and stability 
                in the region and increasingly expanding to the global 
                stage. At Osan Air Base, I met with some of the brave 
                American troops and their families who are stationed in 
                the Republic of Korea, still serving side-by-side with 
                our South Korean allies and strengthening the bonds 
                between our people.

                During the Korean War, nearly 1.8 million Americans 
                answered the call to serve and defend the freedoms and 
                universal values that the people of South Korea enjoy 
                today. They faced enormous challenges--often 
                outnumbered by the enemy, facing extreme heat and cold 
                while fighting in the mountains and valleys and in the 
                rice paddies and rocky terrain of the Korean Peninsula. 
                More than 36,000 of those American service members were 
                killed in action, along with more than 7,000 Korean 
                Augmentation to the United States Army soldiers that 
                fought with the United States Armed Forces--sacrificing 
                everything to defend freedom and democracy on the 
                Peninsula. Thousands were held in brutal captivity. 
                Thousands remain unaccounted for to this day. Many more 
                service members returned home with wounds of war, both 
                visible and invisible. The First Lady and I are 
                committed to fully accounting for all of our Prisoners 
                of War and Missing in Action and fulfilling our sacred 
                obligation to care for our veterans and their families, 
                caregivers, and survivors, making sure they receive the 
                benefits and services they have earned.

                Today and every day, we continue to remember our 
                Nation's Korean War Veterans and honor all that they 
                made possible through service to our Nation and our 
                highest ideals.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., 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 July 27, 2022, 
                as National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day. On this 
                day, I encourage

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                all Americans to reflect on the strength, sacrifices, 
                and sense of duty of our Korean War Veterans and bestow 
                upon them the high honor they deserve. I call upon all 
                Americans to observe this day with appropriate 
                ceremonies and activities that honor and give thanks to 
                our distinguished Korean War Veterans.

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

[FR Doc. 2022-16446
Filed 7-28-22; 8:45 am]
Billing code 3395-F2-P