Fwd: 1999-05-05 Proclamation on Mothers Day 1999

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Reflections from our commander in chief....

>Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 09:33 -0400
>From: The White House <Publications-Admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: 1999-05-05 Proclamation on Mothers Day 1999
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>Keywords: Culture, Executive-Act, Proclamation, Social, Social-Values
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>                            THE WHITE HOUSE
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>                     Office of the Press Secretary
>                          (Frankfurt, Germany)
>________________________________________________________________________
>For Immediate Release                                        May 5, 1999
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>                           MOTHER'S DAY 1999
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>            BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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>                             A PROCLAMATION
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>   There is nothing more precious than the bond between a mother and her
>child.  With unconditional love and infinite patience, our mothers
>nurture us throughout our lives, helping us to meet life's challenges
>and achieve our dreams.  Mothers -- whether biological or adoptive,
>foster or stepmothers -- are the cornerstones of our families, and our
>families are the foundation of our Nation.  Mothers are the bridges that
>link America's best promise to its brightest reality.
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>   The role of women has changed dramatically in the last half-century,
>bringing exciting new opportunities as well as fresh challenges.  Today,
>our mothers can be mayors and managers, heads of households and
>homemakers -- yet they still make us the center of their lives and the
>focus of their love.  Regardless of whether they work inside or outside
>the home, we still turn to our mothers when we need reassurance, advice,
>or comfort.  Devotion and love, loyalty and selflessness -- these are
>the traits that define motherhood.
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>   For 85 years, we have reserved the second Sunday in May as a special
>day to honor our mothers for their strength, nobility, and generosity.
>In so many ways, we owe our successes -- and those of our Nation -- to
>the loving influence of our mothers.  Although we can never repay them
>for their gift of life and love, we can honor them in person or cherish
>their beloved memory.  The Congress, by a joint resolution approved May
>8, 1914 (38 Stat. 770), has designated the second Sunday in May of each
>year as "Mother's Day" and requested the President to call for its
>appropriate observance.
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>   NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States
>of America, do hereby proclaim May 9, 1999, as Mother's Day.  I urge all
>Americans to express their love and appreciation for their mothers on
>this day and every day and to observe the day with appropriate
>ceremonies and activities.
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>   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of
>May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-nine, and of
>the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
>twenty-third.
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>                                 WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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