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PART A—OBSERVANCES AND CEREMONIES
CHAPTER 1—PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES
Sec.
101. American Heart Month.
102. Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.
103. Cancer Control Month.
104. Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day.
105. Child Health Day.
106. Citizenship Day.
107. Columbus Day.
108. Constitution Week.
109. Father’s Day.
110. Flag Day.
111. Gold Star Mother’s Day.
112. Honor America Days.
113. Law Day, U.S.A.
114. Leif Erikson Day.
115. Loyalty Day.
116. Memorial Day.
117. Mother’s Day.
118. National Aviation Day.
119. National Day of Prayer.
120. National Defense Transportation Day.
121. National Disability Employment Awareness Month.
122. National Flag Week.
123. National Forest Products Week.
124. National Freedom Day.
125. National Grandparents Day.
126. National Hispanic Heritage Month.
127. National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day.
128. National Maritime Day.
129. National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
130. National Poison Prevention Week.
131. National Safe Boating Week.
132. National School Lunch Week.
133. National Transportation Week.
134. Pan American Aviation Day.
135. Parents’ Day.
136. Peace Officers Memorial Day.
137. Police Week.
138. Save Your Vision Week.
139. Steelmark Month.
140. Stephen Foster Memorial Day.
141. Thomas Jefferson’s birthday.
142. White Cane Safety Day.
143. Wright Brothers Day.
§ 101. American Heart Month
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating February as American Heart Month;
(2) inviting the chief executive officers of the States, terri-
tories, and possessions of the United States to issue proclama-
tions designating February as American Heart Month; and
(3) urging the people of the United States to recognize
the nationwide problem of heart and blood vessel diseases
and to support all essential programs required to solve the
problem.
§ 102. Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
(a) DESIGNATION.—May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage
Month.
(b) PROCLAMATIONS.—The President is requested to issue each
year a proclamation calling on the people of the United States,
and the chief executive officers of each State of the United States,
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the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam,
American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall
Islands, Micronesia, and Palau are requested to issue each year
proclamations calling on the people of their respective jurisdictions,
to observe Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month with appropriate
programs, ceremonies, and activities.
§ 103. Cancer Control Month
(a) GENERAL.—The President is requested—
(1) to issue each year a proclamation designating April
as Cancer Control Month; and
(2) to invite each year the chief executive officers of the
States, territories, and possessions of the United States to
issue proclamations designating April as Cancer Control Month.
(b) CONTENTS OF PROCLAMATIONS.—As part of those proclama-
tions, the chief executive officers and President are requested to
invite the medical profession, the press, and all agencies and
individuals interested in a national program for the control of
cancer by education and other cooperative means to unite during
Cancer Control Month in a public dedication to the program and
in a concerted effort to make the people of the United States
aware of the need for the program.
§ 104. Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day
(a) DESIGNATION.—The first Saturday after Labor Day is Carl
Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day.
(b) PROCLAMATION.—The President shall issue a proclamation
calling on the people of the United States to observe Carl Garner
Federal Lands Cleanup Day with appropriate programs, ceremonies,
and activities. However, activities may be undertaken in individual
States on a day other than the first Saturday after Labor Day
if a manager of Federal land decides that an alternative date
is more appropriate because of climatological or other factors.
§ 105. Child Health Day
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating the first Monday in October as Child Health
Day; and
(2) inviting all agencies and organizations interested in
child welfare to unite on Child Health Day in observing exer-
cises that will make the people of the United States aware
of the fundamental necessity of a year-round program to protect
and develop the health of the children of the United States.
§ 106. Citizenship Day
(a) DESIGNATION.—September 17 is Citizenship Day.
(b) PURPOSE.—Citizenship Day commemorates the formation
and signing on September 17, 1787, of the Constitution and recog-
nizes all who, by coming of age or by naturalization, have become
citizens.
(c) PROCLAMATION.—The President may issue each year a
proclamation calling on United States Government officials to dis-
play the flag of the United States on all Government buildings
on Citizenship Day and inviting the people of the United States
to observe Citizenship Day, in schools and churches, or other suit-
able places, with appropriate ceremonies.
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(d) STATE AND LOCAL OBSERVANCES.—The civil and educational
authorities of States, counties, cities, and towns are urged to make
plans for the proper observance of Citizenship Day and for the
complete instruction of citizens in their responsibilities and
opportunities as citizens of the United States and of the State
and locality in which they reside.
§ 107. Columbus Day
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating the second Monday in October as Columbus
Day;
(2) calling on United States Government officials to display
the flag of the United States on all Government buildings
on Columbus Day; and
(3) inviting the people of the United States to observe
Columbus Day, in schools and churches, or other suitable
places, with appropriate ceremonies that express the public
sentiment befitting the anniversary of the discovery of America.
§ 108. Constitution Week
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating September 17 through September 23 as
Constitution Week; and
(2) inviting the people of the United States to observe
Constitution Week, in schools, churches, and other suitable
places, with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
§ 109. Father’s Day
(a) DESIGNATION.—The third Sunday in June is Father’s Day.
(b) PROCLAMATION.—The President is requested to issue a
proclamation—
(1) calling on United States Government officials to display
the flag of the United States on all Government buildings
on Father’s Day;
(2) inviting State and local governments and the people
of the United States to observe Father’s Day with appropriate
ceremonies; and
(3) urging the people of the United States to offer public
and private expressions of Father’s Day to the abiding love
and gratitude they have for their fathers.
§ 110. Flag Day
(a) DESIGNATION.—June 14 is Flag Day.
(b) PROCLAMATION.—The President is requested to issue each
year a proclamation—
(1) calling on United States Government officials to display
the flag of the United States on all Government buildings
on Flag Day; and
(2) urging the people of the United States to observe Flag
Day as the anniversary of the adoption on June 14, 1777,
by the Continental Congress of the Stars and Stripes as the
official flag of the United States.
§ 111. Gold Star Mother’s Day
(a) DESIGNATION.—The last Sunday in September is Gold Star
Mother’s Day.
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(b) PROCLAMATION.—The President is requested to issue a
proclamation calling on United States Government officials to dis-
play the flag of the United States on all Government buildings,
and the people of the United States to display the flag and hold
appropriate meetings at homes, churches, or other suitable places,
on Gold Star Mother’s Day as a public expression of the love,
sorrow, and reverence of the people for Gold Star Mothers.
§ 112. Honor America Days
(a) DESIGNATION.—The 21 days from Flag Day through
Independence Day is a period to honor America.
(b) CONGRESSIONAL
DECLARATION.—Congress declares that
there be public gatherings and activities during that period at
which the people of the United States can celebrate and honor
their country in an appropriate way.
§ 113. Law Day, U.S.A.
(a) DESIGNATION.—May 1 is Law Day, U.S.A.
(b) PURPOSE.—Law Day, U.S.A., is a special day of celebration
by the people of the United States—
(1) in appreciation of their liberties and the reaffirmation
of their loyalty to the United States and of their rededication
to the ideals of equality and justice under law in their relations
with each other and with other countries; and
(2) for the cultivation of the respect for law that is so
vital to the democratic way of life.
(c) PROCLAMATION.—The President is requested to issue a
proclamation—
(1) calling on all public officials to display the flag of
the United States on all Government buildings on Law Day,
U.S.A.; and
(2) inviting the people of the United States to observe
Law Day, U.S.A., with appropriate ceremonies and in other
appropriate ways, through public entities and private organiza-
tions and in schools and other suitable places.
§ 114. Leif Erikson Day
The President may issue each year a proclamation designating
October 9 as Leif Erikson Day.
§ 115. Loyalty Day
(a) DESIGNATION.—May 1 is Loyalty Day.
(b) PURPOSE.—Loyalty Day is a special day for the reaffirmation
of loyalty to the United States and for the recognition of the heritage
of American freedom.
(c) PROCLAMATION.—The President is requested to issue a
proclamation—
(1) calling on United States Government officials to display
the flag of the United States on all Government buildings
on Loyalty Day; and
(2) inviting the people of the United States to observe
Loyalty Day with appropriate ceremonies in schools and other
suitable places.
§ 116. Memorial Day
(a) DESIGNATION.—The last Monday in May is Memorial Day.
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(b) PROCLAMATION.—The President is requested to issue each
year a proclamation—
(1) calling on the people of the United States to observe
Memorial Day by praying, according to their individual religious
faith, for permanent peace;
(2) designating a period of time on Memorial Day during
which the people may unite in prayer for a permanent peace;
(3) calling on the people of the United States to unite
in prayer at that time; and
(4) calling on the media to join in observing Memorial
Day and the period of prayer.
§ 117. Mother’s Day
(a) DESIGNATION.—The second Sunday in May is Mother’s Day.
(b) PROCLAMATION.—The President is requested to issue a
proclamation calling on United States Government officials to dis-
play the flag of the United States on all Government buildings,
and on the people of the United States to display the flag at
their homes or other suitable places, on Mother’s Day as a public
expression of love and reverence for the mothers of the United
States.
§ 118. National Aviation Day
The President may issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating August 19 as National Aviation Day;
(2) calling on United States Government officials to display
the flag of the United States on all Government buildings
on National Aviation Day; and
(3) inviting the people of the United States to observe
National Aviation Day with appropriate exercises to further
stimulate interest in aviation in the United States.
§ 119. National Day of Prayer
The President shall issue each year a proclamation designating
the first Thursday in May as a National Day of Prayer on which
the people of the United States may turn to God in prayer and
meditation at churches, in groups, and as individuals.
§ 120. National Defense Transportation Day
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating the third Friday in May as National Defense
Transportation Day; and
(2) urging the people of the United States, including labor,
management, 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 commu-
nity 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
Awareness Month.