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[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 119 (Monday, June 22, 1998)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 33833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16696]



                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 119 / Monday, June 22, 1998 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 7106 of June 17, 1998

                
Father's Day, 1998

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Fathers hold us close and lift us up in so many ways 
                throughout our lives. Devoted fathers work day in and 
                day out, not only to help provide their families with 
                food, clothing, education, and a good home, but also to 
                give their children the values, guidance, 
                encouragement, and self-esteem to make the most of 
                their lives. With careful planning and many quiet 
                sacrifices, fathers seek to give their children the 
                freedom to dream and the opportunity to make those 
                dreams a reality. Across our Nation, at piano recitals 
                and basketball games, at science fairs and high school 
                graduations, proud fathers rejoice at the achievements 
                of their sons and daughters.

                In today's complex and changing society, fathers have 
                taken on new roles and additional responsibilities 
                within their homes, balancing the varied demands of 
                work and family. They are nurturers as well as 
                providers, confidants and best friends as well as 
                heroes and role models. They teach their children how 
                to read, how to drive, and how to live. And, like 
                generations of fathers who came before them, they build 
                a strong foundation of love that enables their sons and 
                daughters to stand taller, see farther, and reach 
                higher. On Father's Day, let us thank the biological 
                fathers, stepfathers, foster fathers, and adoptive 
                fathers across America whose love graces their 
                children's lives and whose character strengthens our 
                Nation.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, in accordance with a joint 
                resolution of the Congress approved April 24, 1972 (36 
                U.S.C. 142a), do hereby proclaim Sunday, June 21, 1998, 
                as Father's Day. I invite the States, communities 
                across the country, and all the citizens of the United 
                States to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies 
                and activities that demonstrate our deep appreciation 
                and abiding love for our fathers.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                seventeenth day of June, 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.)

[FR Doc. 98-16696
Filed 6-19-98; 8:45 am]
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