[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 28, 2004)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 58033-58034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21890]



[[Page 58031]]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Part IV





The President





-----------------------------------------------------------------------



Proclamation 7820--Family Day, 2004


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 187 / Tuesday, September 28, 2004 / 
Presidential Documents

___________________________________________________________________

Title 3--
The President

[[Page 58033]]

                Proclamation 7820 of September 24, 2004

                
Family Day, 2004

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During this time of great change in our Nation, we 
                remain dedicated to the fundamental American values of 
                courage and compassion, reverence and integrity, and 
                respect for others. On Family Day, we affirm our 
                commitment to strengthening America's families and 
                supporting them as they work to raise healthy and 
                responsible children.

                Strong families help young people take responsibility, 
                understand the consequences of their actions, and 
                recognize that the decisions they make today could 
                affect the rest of their lives. By spending time with 
                their children, parents prepare them to realize a 
                bright future.

                It should always be a goal of government to encourage 
                marriage and strengthen families. My 2005 budget 
                proposal includes more than $290 million in funding for 
                programs that support healthy marriages, research and 
                demonstration projects on family formation, and 
                initiatives to promote responsible fatherhood.

                We have made significant progress over the past decade 
                in helping our young people make the right choices. 
                Smoking and illicit drug use have declined among youth, 
                teen birth rates have fallen to the lowest levels ever 
                recorded, and violent crime among teenagers has 
                decreased dramatically. My Administration is also 
                supporting families by encouraging character education 
                in schools to help children develop a sense of 
                responsibility to their communities. We are advancing 
                abstinence-only education programs to help reduce the 
                number of teen pregnancies and teenagers contracting 
                sexually transmitted diseases, and we are promoting 
                school drug testing to identify kids who need help. 
                When parents, schools, and government work together, we 
                can counter the negative influences in today's culture 
                and send a positive message to our youth.

                Families instill the essential values we live by. By 
                supporting them, we make America a better and more 
                hopeful place.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, 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 September 27, 2004, as 
                Family Day. I call on the people of the United States 
                to observe this day by engaging in activities that 
                honor the relationship between parents and children and 
                help keep our young people healthy and safe.

[[Page 58034]]

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-fourth day of September, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand four, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
                ninth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

[FR Doc. 04-21890
Filed 9-27-04; 9:04 am]
Billing code 3195-01-P