[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 89 (Monday, May 9, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 27915-27916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10097]



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Vol. 87

Monday,

No. 89

May 9, 2022

Part IV





The President





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Proclamation 10391--Military Spouse Appreciation Day, 2022


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Federal Register / Vol. 87 , No. 89 / Monday, May 9, 2022 / 
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Title 3--
The President

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                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.
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