[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 188 (Friday, September 29, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 67615-67616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21797]



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Vol. 88

Friday,

No. 188

September 29, 2023

Part VI





The President





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Proclamation 10632--Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day, 2023


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                Proclamation 10632 of September 25, 2023

                
Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day, 2023

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On this day of solemn remembrance, my heart is with all 
                our Nation's Gold Star mothers and fathers, wives and 
                husbands, and daughters and sons--all the families who 
                are grieving a loved one, a patriot, who died fighting 
                to defend our country and preserve our freedom. Today, 
                we keep the faith with all those who kept faith with us 
                by recommitting to our sacred obligation as a Nation to 
                always care for the families of those who gave their 
                last full measure of devotion to our Nation.

                From the fields of Yorktown and the shores of Normandy 
                to the rice paddies of Busan and Saigon, the valleys of 
                Kandahar, and the mountains of Sinjar, generations of 
                brave men and women have laid down their lives--not for 
                a person or place but for an idea unlike any other in 
                human history: the idea of the United States of 
                America. And together, they helped deliver a Nation 
                grounded in freedom, democracy, equality, tolerance, 
                opportunity, and justice. All of us live by the light 
                of the flame of liberty that our fallen heroes kept 
                burning. Their legacies--guarded and strengthened by 
                each generation--will always live on in our Nation.

                I know that days of remembrance can bring grieving 
                families right back to the first terrible moments when 
                the hurt was so raw. The pain of remembering those we 
                have lost and the pride in who they were and how they 
                lived can be inseparable. As we honor the courage and 
                sacrifice of all those who died in uniform, the First 
                Lady and I are keeping all our Gold Star families in 
                our prayers. And my Administration has made it a top 
                priority to fulfill our Nation's promise to care for 
                military and veteran families, caregivers, and 
                survivors--the loved ones who provide strength through 
                countless deployments and serve our Nation in so many 
                ways, all while enduring their loved one's absence. 
                Over the past two and a half years, I have signed into 
                law more than 25 bipartisan laws to support our service 
                members and veterans as well as their families, 
                caregivers, and survivors, and we will always stand 
                with our Gold Star families to ensure they have support 
                and resources to help them heal.

                On Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day, we grieve for 
                those who paid the ultimate price to keep our Nation 
                safe and secure and for the families who will always 
                feel their absence. May we continue to honor their 
                sacrifice by working toward that more perfect union, 
                for which so many patriots lived and died, and may we 
                always keep faith with our Gold Star families who carry 
                their light forward each day.

                The Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 115 of June 
                23, 1936 (49 Stat. 1895 as amended), has designated the 
                last Sunday in September as ``Gold Star Mother's Day.''

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws 
                of the United States, do hereby proclaim Sunday, 
                September 24, 2023, as Gold Star Mother's and Family's 
                Day. I call upon all Government officials to display 
                the flag of the United States over Government buildings 
                on this special day. I also encourage the American 
                people to display the

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                flag and hold appropriate ceremonies as a public 
                expression of our Nation's gratitude and respect for 
                our Gold Star Mothers and Families.

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