[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 197 (Friday, October 13, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 71263-71264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22828]



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Vol. 88

Friday,

No. 197

October 13, 2023

Part III





The President





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Proclamation 10651--General Pulaski Memorial Day, 2023



Proclamation 10652--International Day of the Girl, 2023


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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10651 of October 10, 2023

                
General Pulaski Memorial Day, 2023

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Today, we celebrate the life and legacy of General 
                Casimir Pulaski--whose story is forever woven into our 
                Nation's fight for independence and who remains a 
                source of inspiration for all those standing for the 
                cause of freedom around the world.

                Born and raised in Warsaw, General Pulaski long fought 
                against the Russian domination of Poland. In 1777--
                after learning of our young Nation's aspiration for 
                independence--he stepped up to serve alongside American 
                soldiers in the Revolutionary War, including leading a 
                critical counterattack that helped slow British 
                advances. In 1779, General Pulaski made the ultimate 
                sacrifice for our country--giving his life so that our 
                Nation and our ideas of freedom, equality, and 
                democracy might live.

                General Pulaski's heroism represents just one of the 
                countless contributions that Polish people have made to 
                promote liberty around the world--contributions we 
                continue to see today. Since Russia's brutal full-scale 
                invasion of Ukraine last year, the world has witnessed 
                countless acts of courage and conviction by the people 
                of Poland for the causes of freedom and human decency. 
                They have donated tanks, artillery, and aircraft to 
                support Ukraine's self-defense and have become a key 
                hub for aid from other partners. As I have seen first-
                hand during my trips to Poland these past 2 years, they 
                have embraced Ukrainian refugees during this dark 
                moment, offering them safety, hope, and light.

                General Pulaski famously wrote to George Washington 
                regarding the fight for our independence, ``I came 
                here, where freedom is being defended, to serve it, and 
                to live or die for it.'' He laid down his life, not for 
                a place, person, or President but for an idea unlike 
                any other idea in all of human history--the idea of the 
                United States of America, a citadel of liberty and 
                beacon of freedom. As we pay tribute to his life and 
                service, may we also honor our friends in Poland and 
                our vibrant Polish American community, which continues 
                to uphold his legacy and keep the flame of freedom 
                burning bright.

                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 laws of 
                the United States, do hereby proclaim October 11, 2023, 
                as General Pulaski Memorial Day. I encourage all 
                Americans to commemorate this occasion with appropriate 
                programs and activities paying tribute to General 
                Casimir Pulaski and honoring all those who champion 
                freedom around the world.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                tenth day of October, 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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