[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 14, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 41881-41882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10639]


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 Title 3--
 The President

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                Proclamation 10753 of May 9, 2024

                
Military Spouse Appreciation Day, 2024

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Today, we honor the nearly one million military spouses 
                for their service and sacrifice for our Nation. They 
                are resilient. They are courageous. Like our service 
                members, they make our country stronger.

                Through long tours, frequent moves, and constant 
                demands, these men and women remain unwavering, 
                representing the very best of our American spirit. They 
                step up to care for their fellow military families and 
                friends during deployments, often singlehandedly doing 
                the job of two parents. They make incredible 
                contributions to our country and communities, even as 
                they shoulder the unique demands of military life. They 
                exude patience and selflessness during uncertainty and 
                unpredictability. In ways big and small, military 
                spouses answer the call to serve every day--acting as 
                both the backbone of their families and the steel spine 
                of our Nation.

                We owe them. As a Nation, we have only one truly sacred 
                obligation: to prepare those we send into harm's way 
                and to care for them and their families while they are 
                deployed and when they come home. That is why, last 
                year, I signed an Executive Order that established the 
                most comprehensive set of administrative actions in our 
                country's history to support the economic security of 
                military and veteran spouses, caregivers, and 
                survivors. It directs all Federal agencies to do more 
                to retain military spouses through flexible policies, 
                enables spouses to seek advice on overseas employment 
                issues through military legal assistance offices for 
                the first time, and helps military spouses maintain 
                their careers--including by improving access to 
                quality, dependable, and affordable child care.

                My Administration has also expanded the Military 
                Parental Leave Program, ensuring that service members 
                have the time they need with their families after a 
                child's birth, adoption, or placement in long-term 
                foster care. Through the First Lady's Joining Forces 
                initiative, we are working with employers to create 
                more flexible, transferable, and remote job 
                opportunities for military spouses so they can balance 
                the demands of military life while building 
                sustainable, long-term careers. We are working to 
                ensure that military spouses and families have access 
                to health and wellness resources.

                The English poet John Milton once wrote: ``They also 
                serve who only stand and wait.'' Today and every day, 
                let us come together to thank our military spouses. Let 
                us honor their courage and commitment. Let us continue 
                to meet the sacred obligation we bear to them and all 
                those who wear the uniform. May God bless our military 
                spouses, and may God protect our troops.

                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 May 10, 2024, 
                as Military Spouse Appreciation Day. I call upon the 
                people of the United States to honor military spouses 
                with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

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

[FR Doc. 2024-10639
Filed 5-13-24; 8:45 am]
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