[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 45 (Monday, November 15, 1993)]
[Pages 2312-2313]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 6622--National Women Veterans Recognition Week, 1993

 November 10, 1993

By the President of the United States

of America

A Proclamation

    American women have served with distinction and courage in every 
overseas combat theater of conflict since World War I. Some have been 
wounded in the line of duty, and others have given their lives for our 
country, but all have contributed tremendously to the

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success of America's Armed Forces. Bringing their talent, skill, and 
vision to a variety of occupations within each of the service branches, 
women have made an everlasting mark on the military history of the 
United States.

    The loyalty and the sacrifices of the women who have served our 
country merit the respect and admiration of all of us. It is fitting 
then that we set aside a special time to honor these veterans, to salute 
them for their tireless devotion to duty while in uniform and for their 
patriotism and commitment to democratic ideals in civilian life.

    The Vietnam Women's Memorial is a monument dedicated to the many 
women who volunteered to serve in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam 
era. Appropriately, it recognizes the living as well as those who died. 
It is part of the important ongoing process of healing, both for 
veterans and for our country as a whole. It is a remembrance of the 
brave and compassionate service that is so worthy of our esteem.

    Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, President of the United 
States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the 
Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim the week 
of November 7, 1993, as National Women Veterans Recognition Week, and I 
encourage all Americans to join in acknowledging the contributions and 
sacrifices of these veterans.

    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of 
November, 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 
eighteenth.

                                            William J. Clinton

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:38 a.m., November 12, 
1993]


Note: This proclamation will be published in the Federal Register on 
November 15.