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§ 120. National Defense Transportation Day
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating the 3d Friday in May as National Defense Trans-
portation Day; and
(2) urging the people of the United States, including labor, man-
agement, users, and investors, in all communities served by the various
forms of transportation to observe National Defense Transportation
Day by appropriate ceremonies that will give complete recognition to
the importance to each community and its people of the transportation
system of the United States and the maintenance of the facilities of
the system in the most modern state of adequacy to serve the needs
of the United States in times of peace and in national defense.
§ 121. National Disability Employment Awareness Month
(a) DESIGNATION.—October is National Disability Employment Aware-
ness Month.
(b) CEREMONIES.—Appropriate ceremonies shall be held throughout
the United States during National Disability Employment Awareness Month
to enlist public support for, and interest in, the employment of workers with
disabilities who are otherwise qualified. Governors, mayors, heads of other
governmental entities, and interested organizations and individuals are in-
vited to participate in the ceremonies.
(c) PROCLAMATION.—The President is requested to issue each year a
suitable proclamation.
§ 122. National Flag Week
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating the week in which June 14 falls as National Flag
Week; and
(2) calling on citizens to display the flag of the United States dur-
ing National Flag Week.
§ 123. National Forest Products Week
(a) DESIGNATION.—The week beginning on the 3d Sunday in October
is National Forest Products Week.
(b) PROCLAMATION.—The President is requested to issue each year a
proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe National
Forest Products Week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
§ 124. National Freedom Day
The President may issue each year a proclamation designating Feb-
ruary 1 as National Freedom Day to commemorate the signing by Abraham
Lincoln on February 1, 1865, of the joint resolution adopted by the Senate
and the House of Representatives that proposed the 13th amendment to the
Constitution.
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§ 125. National Grandparents Day
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating the first Sunday in September after Labor Day as
National Grandparents Day; and
(2) calling on the people of the United States and interested
groups and organizations to observe National Grandparents Day with
appropriate ceremonies and activities.
§ 126. National Hispanic Heritage Month
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating September 15–October 15 as National Hispanic
Heritage Month; and
(2) calling on the people of the United States, especially the edu-
cational community, to observe National Hispanic Heritage Month with
appropriate ceremonies and activities.
§ 127. National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
(a) DESIGNATION.—July 27 of each year until 2003 is National Ko-
rean War Veterans Armistice Day.
(b) PROCLAMATION.—The President is requested to issue each year a
proclamation calling on—
(1) the people of the United States to observe National Korean
War Veterans Armistice Day with appropriate ceremonies and activi-
ties; and
(2) all departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United
States Government, and interested organizations, groups, and individ-
uals, to fly the flag of the United States at halfstaff on July 27 of each
year until 2003 in honor of the individuals who died as a result of their
service in Korea.
§ 128. National Maritime Day
(a) DESIGNATION.—May 22 is National Maritime Day.
(b) PROCLAMATION.—The President is requested to issue each year a
proclamation calling on—
(1) the people of the United States to observe National Maritime
Day by displaying the flag of the United States at their homes or other
suitable places; and
(2) United States Government officials to display the flag on all
Government buildings on National Maritime Day.
§ 129. National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
(a) DESIGNATION.—December 7 is National Pearl Harbor Remem-
brance Day.
(b) PROCLAMATION.—The President is requested to issue each year a
proclamation calling on—
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(1) the people of the United States to observe National Pearl Har-
bor Remembrance Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities; and
(2) all departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United
States Government, and interested organizations, groups, and individ-
uals, to fly the flag of the United States at halfstaff each December
7 in honor of the individuals who died as a result of their service at
Pearl Harbor.
§ 130. National Poison Prevention Week
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation designat-
ing the 3d week in March as National Poison Prevention Week to aid in
encouraging the people of the United States to learn of the dangers of acci-
dental poisoning and to take preventive measures that are warranted by the
seriousness of the danger.
§ 131. National Safe Boating Week
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation designat-
ing the 7-day period ending on the last Friday before Memorial Day as Na-
tional Safe Boating Week.
§ 132. National School Lunch Week
(a) DESIGNATION.—The week beginning on the 2d Sunday in October
is National School Lunch Week.
(b) PROCLAMATION.—The President is requested to issue each year a
proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe National
School Lunch Week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
§ 133. National Transportation Week
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating the week that includes the 3d Friday of May as
National Transportation Week; and
(2) inviting the people of the United States to observe National
Transportation Week with appropriate ceremonies and activities as a
tribute to the men and women who, night and day, move goods and
individuals throughout the United States.
§ 134. Pan American Aviation Day
The President may issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating December 17 as Pan American Aviation Day; and
(2) calling on all officials of the United States Government, the
chief executive offices of the States, territories, and possessions of the
United States, and all citizens to participate in the observance of Pan
American Aviation Day to further, and stimulate interest in, aviation
in the American countries as an important stimulus to the further de-
velopment of more rapid communications and a cultural development
between the countries of the Western Hemisphere.
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§ 135. Parents’ Day
(a) DESIGNATION.—The 4th Sunday in July is Parents’ Day.
(b) RECOGNITION.—All private citizens, organizations, and Federal,
State, and local governmental and legislative entities are encouraged to rec-
ognize Parents’ Day through proclamations, activities, and educational ef-
forts in furtherance of recognizing, uplifting, and supporting the role of par-
ents in bringing up their children.
§ 136. Peace Officers Memorial Day
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day in honor
of Federal, State, and local officers killed or disabled in the line of
duty;
(2) directing United States Government officials to display the
flag of the United States at halfstaff on all Government buildings on
Peace Officers Memorial Day, as provided by section 7(m) of title 4;
and
(3) inviting State and local governments and the people of the
United States to observe Peace Officers Memorial Day with appropriate
ceremonies and activities, including the display of the flag at halfstaff.
§ 137. Police Week
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating the week in which May 15 occurs as Police Week
in recognition of the service given by men and women who stand guard
to protect the people of the United States through law enforcement;
and
(2) inviting State and local governments and the people of the
United States to observe Police Week with appropriate ceremonies and
activities, including the display of the flag at halfstaff.
§ 138. Save Your Vision Week
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating the first week in March as Save Your Vision
Week;
(2) inviting the governors and mayors of State and local govern-
ments to issue proclamations designating the first week in March as
Save Your Vision Week;
(3) inviting the communications media, health care professions,
and other agencies and individuals concerned with programs for the im-
provement of vision to unite during Save Your Vision Week in public
activities to convince the people of the United States of the importance
of vision to their welfare and the welfare of the United States; and
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(4) urging the media, health care professions, and other agencies
and individuals to support programs to improve and protect the vision
of the people of the United States.
§ 139. Steelmark Month
(a) DESIGNATION.—May is Steelmark Month.
(b) PURPOSE.—Steelmark Month recognizes the tremendous contribu-
tion made by the steel industry in the United States to national security
and defense.
(c) PROCLAMATION.—The President is requested to issue a proclama-
tion calling on the people of the United States to observe Steelmark Month
with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
§ 140. Stephen Foster Memorial Day
The President may issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating January 13 as Stephen Foster Memorial Day; and
(2) calling on the people of the United States to observe Stephen
Foster Memorial Day with appropriate ceremonies, pilgrimages to his
shrines, and musical programs featuring his compositions.
§ 141. Thomas Jefferson’s birthday
The President shall issue each year a proclamation—
(1) calling on officials of the United States Government to display
the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on April 13;
and
(2) inviting the people of the United States to observe April 13
in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate cere-
monies in commemoration of Thomas Jefferson’s birthday.
§ 142. White Cane Safety Day
The President may issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating October 15 as White Cane Safety Day; and
(2) calling on the people of the United States to observe White
Cane Safety Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
§ 143. Wright Brothers Day
(a) DESIGNATION.—December 17 is Wright Brothers Day.
(b) PURPOSE.—Wright Brothers Day commemorates the first success-
ful flights in a heavier than air, mechanically propelled airplane, that were
made by Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903, near Kitty
Hawk, North Carolina.
(c) PROCLAMATION.—The President is requested to issue each year a
proclamation inviting the people of the United States to observe Wright
Brothers Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.