Presidential Document2022-04776
Read Across America Day, 2022
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March 4, 2022
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March 1, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 12389-12390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04776]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 43 / Friday, March 4, 2022 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10346 of March 1, 2022
Read Across America Day, 2022
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Reading ignites imagination, insight, and inspiration.
It nourishes a child's creativity and curiosity, and
inspires a passion for lifelong learning. Books can
challenge and inspire. They can teach important
lessons, reveal new worlds, and enrich our
understanding of our own--of different people,
perspectives, and cultures. On Read Across America Day,
we celebrate the joy of learning and give thanks to the
parents, caregivers, educators, librarians, authors,
and community members who invest in our Nation's
children.
For many young Americans, the path to literacy begins
with treasured and timeless traditions: being read to
at bedtime, gathering in classrooms for story time, and
attending events at local libraries with family and
friends. Children's classics such as Dr. Seuss' ``Green
Eggs and Ham'' and ``Oh, the Places You'll Go!'' have
inspired a passion for reading and endless creativity
that spans generations. Today's stories and adventures
are as diverse as the world in which we live, and by
reading them, we come to more fully understand the
vibrant diversity of our Nation--and the world. This is
especially important as young people learn and grow and
engage with their own sense of identity. Books build
each child's sense of belonging and can help inculcate
respect and empathy for others.
The First Lady, a lifelong educator, has said,
``reading is the foundation of all education. It
affects every aspect of our society.'' This has never
been truer than today. It is one of the many reasons
why my Administration is committed to advancing
educational excellence for every child and literacy for
every American. It is why I have proposed making 2
years of high-quality preschool available to every
child in America. It is one of the reasons why safely
reopening schools for in-person instruction was a
priority for my Administration from day one--so that
children could get back to learning in the classroom
with their peers--and why the American Rescue Plan
included $122 billion to keep schools open safely and
help address the learning loss and mental health
impacts of missing school. School districts across the
country are already using these funds to support
literacy efforts by updating curricula and hiring
specialists.
My Administration is also committed to supporting
volunteer and literacy programs that help young people
and adults master reading. This work is crucial, as
half of adults in the United States are unable to read
a book written for the eighth-grade level, and nearly a
quarter of American adults have not read a book over
the last year.
I often say that children are the kite strings that
keep our National ambitions aloft. On Read Across
America Day, we dedicate ourselves to helping each new
generation of readers and thinkers become the leaders
who will write a more hopeful chapter in the American
narrative and in the story of our shared world. As the
great American writer Toni Morrison reminds us: ``If
you find a book you really want to read but it hasn't
been written yet, then you must write it.''
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 March 2, 2022,
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as Read Across America Day. I call upon children,
families, educators, librarians, public officials, and
all the people of the United States to observe this day
with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
first day of March, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
sixth.
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[FR Doc. 2022-04776
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