[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 1998)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 25145-25146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12216]



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Part III





The President





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Proclamation 7089--Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, 1998



Proclamation 7090--Law Day, U.S.A., 1998



Proclamation 7091--Loyalty Day, 1998



Proclamation 7092--Older Americans Month, 1998


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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 7089 of April 30, 1998

                
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, 1998

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Like millions of others who left their homelands to 
                come to America, the first Asian and Pacific Island 
                immigrants who arrived here in the 19th century were 
                seeking a better life than the one they left behind. 
                Many were poor; many had suffered oppression; but all 
                were strengthened by a rich culture, an ancient 
                heritage, a belief in freedom's promise, and a 
                willingness to work for their share of the American 
                Dream.

                For many, however, that dream was deferred. These 
                courageous men and women from Asia and the Pacific 
                Islands were met in America by prejudice as they 
                strived to make a living and establish a home in their 
                adopted country.

                These brave new Americans would prevail over every 
                hardship. Whether working in the gold fields of 
                California, laboring on the sugar and pineapple 
                plantations of Hawaii, constructing the 
                transcontinental railway, or creating their own 
                businesses, Asian and Pacific Americans succeeded in 
                building new lives for themselves and their families.

                Today, Asian and Pacific Americans are helping to build 
                a vibrant America. They are leaders in medical and 
                scientific research, in the halls of Congress, in the 
                classrooms of our educational institutions, in 
                business, labor, the arts, and every other human 
                endeavor. They are building economic and technological 
                bridges across the Pacific and beyond, which will 
                ensure America's leadership well into the next 
                millennium. These sons and daughters of Cambodia, 
                China, Indonesia, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, the 
                Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and so many other Asian 
                and Pacific lands have enriched our national life and 
                culture with their energy and talents, with their 
                commitment to family and community, and with their 
                enduring reverence for freedom.

                As we approach the 21st century, Asian and Pacific 
                Americans are playing an increasingly important role in 
                the life of our Nation, helping us to maintain our 
                leadership in the global economy. More important, they 
                are inspiring us to embrace the wider world, to 
                recognize and appreciate the blessing of our great 
                diversity, and to become one America.

                To honor the accomplishments of Asian and Pacific 
                Americans and to recognize their many contributions to 
                our Nation, the Congress, by Public Law 102-450, has 
                designated the month of May as ``Asian/Pacific American 
                Heritage Month.''

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 1998 
                as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. I call upon 
                the people of the United States to observe this month 
                with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-eight, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and twenty-second.

                    (Presidential Sig.)<Clinton1><Clinton2>

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