[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 2014)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 63289-63290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25294]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 205 / Thursday, October 23, 2014 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Proclamation 9196 of October 17, 2014

                
National Character Counts Week, 2014

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                For generations, our Nation's beliefs in mutual 
                respect, shared responsibility, and equality for all 
                have strengthened our bond as a people and guided our 
                path--uniting us in times of crisis and inspiring us in 
                moments of triumph. During National Character Counts 
                Week, we reaffirm the principles that built America and 
                dedicate ourselves to passing on our highest ideals to 
                our children.

                We see the true character of our country in the 
                examples set by the work and lives of our people. We 
                see it in the educators, mentors, and parents who teach 
                our kids not only to understand math and history, but 
                also to know and show compassion and respect. We see it 
                in first responders who put themselves in harm's way to 
                protect strangers, and in our men and women in uniform 
                who selflessly serve the land we love and defend the 
                values we cherish. And we see it in small acts of 
                kindness that define who we are as Americans and help 
                us recognize our common humanity.

                When we give our daughters and sons a foundation of 
                integrity, hard work, and responsibility, and when we 
                empower them with the courage to choose these values in 
                the face of cynicism, we prepare them for a lifetime of 
                engaged citizenship and create stronger communities 
                across America. This week, and all year long, let us 
                all do our part to ensure the fundamental tenets that 
                have shaped our Union from its founding continue to 
                sustain us and draw out the best in each of us.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, 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 October 19 through 
                October 25, 2014, as National Character Counts Week. I 
                call upon public officials, educators, parents, 
                students, and all Americans to observe this week with 
                appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                seventeenth day of October, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand fourteen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
                ninth.
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