This year, the national Days of Remembrance will be observed on April 26 through May 3. Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby ask the people of the United States to observe this solemn anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camps, with appropriate study, prayers and commemoration, as a tribute to the spirit of freedom and justice which Americans fought so hard and well to preserve. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fifth. By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation From the Boston Post Road to the Pony Express to the golden spike that joined together the transcontinental railroads . Today, transportation is still vital to our economy, necessary to our defense, essential to our personal mobility and leisure.
Transportation keeps America moving, producing, and growing.
Among the Americans who contribute to transportation are the hundreds of thousands who build machines, construct the facilities, operate and maintain the equipment, and provide the services that make our transportation systems work. Countless others labor to make transportation better and to meet the needs of our changing times. In their honor and in recognition of the indispensable role transportation plays in our lives, we set aside one week each year as National Transportation Week. The maritime industry has been a key contributor to our economic strength and security since our Nation was founded. Its continued growth and prosperity is necessary for the economic renewal we all seek.