[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 118, 108th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

Proclamation 7785 of May 14, 2004


 
National Defense Transportation Day and National Transportation Week,
2004


By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Each year, America's transportation system helps many travelers reach
their destinations and carries more than 16 billion tons of freight
worth almost $12 trillion. In addition, our transportation systems play
a crit

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ical role in deploying and sustaining our troops and their equipment
around the world.
Throughout our history, advances in transportation have been at the
forefront of progress. Last December, we celebrated the centennial of
the Wright Brothers' first flight in North Carolina. The pioneering work
of the Wright Brothers and subsequent improvements in aviation ushered
in new eras of freedom and captured the imaginations of people around
the world.
Today, our Nation proudly continues this tradition of innovation in all
transportation fields. As we observe National Defense Transportation Day
and National Transportation Week, we continue to modernize
transportation, and we honor transportation professionals who help to
keep our transportation systems secure, efficient, and reliable.
To recognize the men and women who work in the transportation industry
and who contribute to our Nation's well-being and defense, the Congress,
by joint resolution approved May 16, 1957, as amended (36 U.S.C. 120),
has designated the third Friday in May of each year as ``National
Defense Transportation Day,''; and, by joint resolution approved May 14,
1962, as amended (36 U.S.C. 133), declared that the week during which
that Friday falls be designated as ``National Transportation Week.'';
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim Friday, May 21, 2004, as National Defense
Transportation Day and May 16 through May 22, 2004, as National
Transportation Week.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day of
May, in the year of our Lord two thousand four, and of the Independence
of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-eighth.
GEORGE W. BUSH

PROCLAMATION 7786--MAY 14, 2004