[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 62 (Thursday, March 31, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 18601-18602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06933]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 62 / Thursday, March 31, 2022 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10353 of March 28, 2022

                
Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the 
                Vietnam War

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On National Vietnam War Veterans Day, we honor all 
                those who bravely served in the Vietnam War and who 
                sacrificed, as did their families and caregivers, on 
                behalf of our Nation.

                For almost two decades, Americans raised their right 
                hands and committed to serve and defend our 
                Constitution as uniformed members of the United States 
                Armed Forces during a tumultuous period in our 
                country's history. Throughout the years of the Vietnam 
                War, 9 million Americans earned the title of United 
                States veteran. Today and every day, we honor their 
                bravery and commitment and give thanks to a generation 
                of Americans who valiantly fought in service of the 
                country they love while recognizing the continuing 
                impact on so many veterans of the Vietnam conflict, 
                along with their families, caregivers, and survivors. 
                We will always remember those we lost and honor those 
                who came home.

                In 2012, our Nation launched a 13-year long 
                commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam 
                War to ensure that every veteran, family, caregiver, 
                and survivor impacted by the difficult years in Vietnam 
                feels our Nation's gratitude for their sacrifice. Every 
                service member of the Vietnam generation should know 
                that their sacrifices mattered and that their service 
                made a difference. The names etched in The Wall at the 
                Vietnam Veterans Memorial remind us of our loved ones 
                who gave their all and never came home. To the 
                families, caregivers, and survivors of the more than 
                58,000 service members whose names are memorialized in 
                the black granite, we pledge to never forget the 
                eternal sacrifice of your loved ones and what you have 
                sacrificed for the Nation.

                To the families of the over 1,500 service members who 
                remain missing and unaccounted for, know that our 
                Nation's efforts to bring them home will never stop.

                We pledge our steadfast care and support to our Vietnam 
                veterans, as we do for all of our veterans. We will 
                honor our sacred obligation to you and your family.

                And to each of the 6 million Vietnam War era veterans 
                who are with us today, we honor your service and all 
                that you have done for our Nation.

                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 affirm this Nation's 
                commitment to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the 
                Vietnam War, which began on Memorial Day, May 28, 2012, 
                and which will continue through Veterans Day, November 
                11, 2025. I call upon all Americans to seek out and 
                extend the Nation's profound gratitude to each of our 
                Vietnam veterans and their families and caretakers 
                during public ceremonies and programs throughout the 
                country, while expressing deep compassion for the 
                families of the fallen, those who remain missing and 
                unaccounted for, and all others who served yet no 
                longer walk among us.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                sixth.
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[FR Doc. 2022-06933
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