[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 31, Number 29 (Monday, July 24, 1995)]
[Pages 1282-1283]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 6811--Parents' Day, 1995

July 21, 1995

By the President of the United States

of America

A Proclamation

    Parenthood is among the most difficult and most rewarding 
responsibilities in life. Balancing countless demands, parents must be 
firm yet loving, protective yet liberating. They are the nurturers of 
our dreams and the soothers of our fears. They instill in their 
children, by word and example, the importance of family and community 
involvement, the value of education and hard work.
    Parenting is a serious responsibility. All parents have an 
obligation to provide for the children they bring into the world. 
Parents must teach and sustain, helping to empower each new generation 
to meet the challenges and opportunities of life with confidence.
    Today, across our country, parents give their time and energy to 
ensure a better future for their children. Teaching the lessons of 
honesty and caring in a way that no school or government can, America's 
parents pass on the spirit, values, and traditions that have made our 
Nation strong for more than two centuries. Whether stepparents or foster 
parents, biological or adoptive, parents provide the security, 
stability, and love that enable children to grow up healthy, happy, and 
strong.
    Parents' Day is a welcome opportunity to celebrate the special and 
powerful bond between parent and child. On this occasion, let us 
remember and pay respect to those who give us the daily support and 
loving guidance that lead us to become responsible and contributing 
citizens.
    Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, President of the United 
States of America,

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in accordance with Public Law 103-362, do hereby proclaim Sunday, July 
23, 1995, as ``Parents' Day.'' I invite the States, communities, and the 
people of the United States to observe this day with appropriate 
ceremonies and activities expressing gratitude and abiding affection for 
parents.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first 
day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-five, 
and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred 
and twentieth.
                                            William J. Clinton

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 2:49 p.m., July 24, 
1995]

Note: This proclamation will be published in the Federal Register on 
July 26.