Presidential Document2022-24171
National Veterans and Military Families Month, 2022
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Published
November 3, 2022
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October 31, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 212 (Thursday, November 3, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 66533-66534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24171]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 212 / Thursday, November 3, 2022 /
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Proclamation 10491 of October 31, 2022
National Veterans and Military Families Month,
2022
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
This month, our Nation honors the strength and
sacrifices of the families, caregivers, and survivors
of our veterans and our current service members. They
may not wear uniforms, but their service is essential
to our national security and the character of our
Nation. We owe them a debt of gratitude that we can
never fully repay.
Constant tours, deployments, and rotations are
difficult for our military families. Jill and I have
personally experienced the anxious pride that parents
feel seeing their child in uniform. We have marveled at
the devotion of military families and their resilience
to uproot their lives every few years and move to new
communities. We honor the stalwart courage and resolve
of veteran families caring for their loved ones when
their service in uniform concludes. We grieve alongside
families of the fallen who have lost a piece of their
soul. That is why I take so seriously the sacred
obligation to prepare and equip our service members
when we send them into harm's way and to care for them
and their families when they return home.
Since coming to office, I have signed into law
important expansions of services and benefits to
support our veterans and their families, improved VA
health care and benefits for veterans exposed to burn
pits and other toxic substances through the PACT Act,
and made historic reforms to the military justice
system that will enhance safety and protections for
service members and their families impacted by sexual
assault and domestic violence. The First Lady's Joining
Forces initiative is helping military spouses find
jobs, connecting military children with better
education, and helping to ensure that military and
veteran families, caregivers, and survivors have what
they need to thrive. My Administration has also
released a comprehensive public health strategy to
reduce military and veteran suicides, which will guide
our efforts to stand with families and protect the
lives of our Nation's heroes.
To be a veteran or a service member is to have endured
and survived challenges most Americans will never know.
To be the family of one of those proud patriots is to
sacrifice more for our country than most Americans will
ever give. During National Veterans and Military
Families Month, we pay homage to the unrelenting
bravery and dedication of all who wear the uniform and
to the unwavering love and support of all who serve
alongside them. Families who put their lives on hold so
our military can hold the line represent the best of
America, and we will always remember what they do for
our Nation.
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 November 2022
as National Veterans and Military Families Month. I
call upon the people of the United States to honor
veterans and military families with appropriate
ceremonies and activities.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirty-first day of October, 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-
seventh.
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