Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 87, No. 89 

Monday, May 9, 2022 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 10391 of May 5, 2022 

Military Spouse Appreciation Day, 2022 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

Military spouses are the rock on which their families, our military community, and our national security depend. Though most do not wear a uniform 

themselves, they serve and strengthen our Nation every day—providing our 

brave troops with support, comfort, and love. They build communities of 

strength on bases around the world to care for our military family, pitching 

in wherever they see a need that is unmet. On Military Spouse Appreciation 

Day, we recognize the nearly one million military spouses and their vital 

contributions to our Nation. We are grateful for their selfless sacrifice and 

inspired by their strength, fortitude, and courage. 

Today, America’s military spouses are a constellation of diverse individuals 

with unique backgrounds and the common attribute of uncommon resilience. 

Like their service members, they too represent the best of who we are 

as Americans. Military spouses know what it means to make sacrifices 

in defense of our ideals and freedoms. And they live with the hardship 

of having their life partner deployed away from home—juggling all the 

responsibilities of work and family while saying an extra prayer every morning that their spouse returns home safely. 

Even during the most demanding circumstances, military spouses continue 

to serve, creating innovative solutions to meet the challenges we face as 

a Nation. Today, military spouses serve in dynamic leadership roles across 

all sectors—using their own experiences to support the needs of the communities around them. With enthusiasm and an entrepreneurial spirit, military 

spouses create businesses and support systems that serve the needs of others. 

The Biden family is a military family, and caring for our Nation’s military 

spouses is something that Jill and I both deeply understand. While our 

Nation can never fully repay the debt we owe to our service members 

and their families, caregivers, and survivors, it is our sacred obligation 

to make sure that they receive the care and support they have earned. 

Through the First Lady’s Joining Forces initiative, my Administration is 

strengthening support for military families in three critical areas: military 

spouse employment and entrepreneurship, military child education, and 

the well-being of military families. We continue to seek new and better 

ways to do more to address the needs of our military families, especially 

responding to the needs of military spouses with resources and services 

that allow them to thrive in all aspects of life. 

On Military Spouse Appreciation Day and every day, we are grateful for 

the extraordinary service and sacrifice of America’s military spouses. May 

we continue to lift their voices, invest in their talents, and respond to 

their unique needs in ways that ease their challenges and enable them 

to reach their goals and aspirations. May God bless our military families, 

caregivers, and survivors, and may God protect our troops. 

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 May 6, 2022, as 

Military Spouse Appreciation Day. I call upon the people of the United 

States to honor military spouses with appropriate ceremonies and activities. 


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

May, 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. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10097 

Filed 5–6–22; 11:15 am] 

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