[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 24 (Monday, June 21, 1993)]
[Pages 1107-1108]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 6573--Father's Day, 1993

 June 17, 1993

By the President of the United States

of America

A Proclamation

    Traditionally, the third Sunday in June is nationally designated as 
Father's Day. This year, on June 20th, I call upon all Americans to 
thank and honor fathers across the land for the love, nurturing, 
guidance, and sacrifices they have made in behalf of our Nation's 
daughters and sons.
    A key prescription for building strong families is honoring one's 
parents. As Americans know and as history has witnessed, the acts of 
dedication to family are essential to our Nation's endurance and 
spiritual growth. Reaffirming our commitment to fathers is an invaluable 
element in nurturing the health of our Nation's families.
    Fathers perform many roles, and they profoundly influence their 
children and our society. As co-creators of life, fathers--accepting 
responsibility for the welfare of their offspring--serve as economic 
providers, role-models, nurturers, coaches, counselors, and lifelong 
friends. They also help define and set standards for their children for 
personal, academic, and professional accomplishments.
    Because fathers hold a very special place in our lives, it is 
fitting that we pay tribute to all fathers now living, as well as the 
memory of those now deceased. In that spirit, let us as Americans 
express and demonstrate to our fathers--through word and action--our

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appreciation for their love and for the contributions they have made to 
us and our Nation.
    Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, President of the United 
States of America, in accordance with a joint resolution of the Congress 
approved April 24, 1972 (36 U.S.C. 142a), do hereby proclaim Sunday, 
June 20, 1993, as ``Father's Day.'' I call upon all Americans to observe 
this day by demonstrating our respect for and our gratitude to our 
fathers.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day 
of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-three, and 
of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 
seventeenth.
                                            William J. Clinton

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 3:28 p.m., June 17, 
1993]

Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on June 
21.