Presidential Document2021-20506
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, and Constitution Week, 2021
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September 21, 2021
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September 16, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 21, 2021)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 52385-52386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20506]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 180 / Tuesday, September 21, 2021 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10258 of September 16, 2021
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, and
Constitution Week, 2021
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
For 234 years, America's Constitution has guided our
growth, shaped our progress, and defined us as a Nation
of sacred laws and fundamental values. When our
democracy is tested, we draw strength from the
Constitution to see us through. When we look ahead in
our uniquely American way--restless, bold, and
optimistic--our Constitution is the bedrock we build
upon to make our Nation more equal, more just, and more
prosperous for all our people.
American democracy requires our constant care,
vigilance, and full participation to determine the
course and conscience of our Union. As President, I
swore an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the
Constitution, and I will continue to work tirelessly to
ensure that we uphold and strengthen this remarkable
system of self-government for future generations ready
to put their own shoulders to the wheel.
The Framers of the Constitution understood the
extraordinary promise of a democratic system of
government--a Nation that could be made a ``more
perfect Union'' by each passing generation to come.
They laid out a set of basic principles and equipped
the American people with all that was necessary to meet
the changing needs and values of our country through
the years.
For more than two centuries, women and men have
struggled and strived to make good on the promise of
our founding document and to expand the promise of
America by amending our Constitution in accordance with
our growth and progress as a Nation--just as the
Framers envisioned they would. Through Civil War, the
fight for universal suffrage, and the heroic non-
violent resistance of the Civil Rights Movement--from
Seneca Falls to Selma and countless acts of civic
bravery beyond--courageous Americans have fought,
sacrificed, and changed hearts and minds to deliver the
full breadth of human dignity to which our Constitution
aspires. Fully realizing these ideals and attaining
justice for all remains an urgent and enduring
imperative.
Today, we are in the midst of grave attempts to
suppress and subvert the right to vote in free and fair
elections--the most sacred right in our democracy and
the very heart of our Constitution. We must continue to
rebuff these threats to ensure that American democracy
remains healthy and strong. My Administration is
pursuing an all-of-government effort to protect and
expand the fundamental right to vote and make our
democracy more equitable and accessible for all
Americans.
I have often said that America is the only Nation
founded on an idea. Though we have never fully lived up
to it, we have never walked away from it. We have never
stopped striving to fulfill the founding promise of our
Nation--that all of us are created equal and deserve to
be treated equally throughout our lives. My
Administration is committed to bringing us closer to
the fulfillment of that promise.
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To honor the timeless principles enshrined in our
Constitution, the Congress has, by joint resolution of
February 29, 1952 (36 U.S.C. 106), designated September
17 as ``Constitution Day and Citizenship Day'' and
authorized the President to issue a proclamation
calling on United States officials to display the flag
of the United States on all Government buildings on
that day. By joint resolution of August 2, 1956 (36
U.S.C. 108), the Congress further requested that the
President proclaim the week beginning September 17 and
ending September 23 of each year as ``Constitution
Week.''
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., 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 September 17,
2021, as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, and
September 17, 2021, through September 23, 2021, as
Constitution Week. On this day and during this week, we
celebrate our Constitution and the rights of
citizenship that together we enjoy as the people of
this proud Nation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
sixteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-one, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
sixth.
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