[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 202 (Friday, October 20, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 48749-48750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22930]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 202 / Friday, October 20, 2017 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 9660 of October 13, 2017

                
National Character Counts Week, 2017

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                We celebrate National Character Counts Week because few 
                things are more important than cultivating strong 
                character in all our citizens, especially our young 
                people. The grit and integrity of our people, visible 
                throughout our history, defines the soul of our Nation. 
                This week, we reflect on the character of 
                determination, resolve, and honor that makes us proud 
                to be American.

                As President Reagan declared, ``There is no institution 
                more vital to our Nation's survival than the American 
                family. Here the seeds of personal character are 
                planted, the roots of public virtue first nourished.'' 
                Character is built slowly. Our actions--often done 
                first out of duty--become habits ingrained in the way 
                we treat others and ourselves. As parents, educators, 
                and civic and church leaders, we must always work to 
                cultivate strength of character in our Nation's youth.

                Character can be hard to define, but we see it in every 
                day acts--raising and providing for a family with 
                loving devotion, working hard to make the most of an 
                education, and giving back to devastated communities. 
                These and so many other acts big and small constitute 
                the moral fiber of American culture. Character is 
                forged around kitchen tables, built in civic 
                organizations, and developed in houses of worship. It 
                is refined by our choices, large and small, and 
                manifested in what we do when we think no one is paying 
                attention.

                As we strive every day to improve our character and 
                that of our Nation, we pause and thank those 
                individuals whose strength of character has inspired us 
                and who have provided a supporting hand during times of 
                need. In particular, we applaud families as they 
                perform the often thankless task of raising men and 
                women of character.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, 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 15 through 
                October 21, 2017, 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 
                thirteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                second. 
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