Presidential Document2023-04545
Irish-American Heritage Month, 2023
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Published
March 3, 2023
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February 28, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 42 (Friday, March 3, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 13293-13294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04545]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 42 / Friday, March 3, 2023 /
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Proclamation 10525 of February 28, 2023
Irish-American Heritage Month, 2023
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During Irish-American Heritage Month, I think of my
great-great grandparents--the Blewitts of County Mayo
and the Finnegans of County Louth. Like so many other
Irish immigrants who sought a new beginning in the
United States, they arrived on our shores with hearts
full of hope and dreams of the future. With grit and
determination, they worked hard. And as they built
their lives, they helped build America--never
forgetting where they came from, always remembering the
courage and pride they brought with them from the old
country, and passing these traits down to each new
generation.
That pride lives on today in the hearts of Irish
Americans across our Nation. It lives on in business
owners, scientists, and labor leaders who hold dear the
Irish belief that everyone deserves to be treated with
dignity. And it runs deep in so many first responders,
public servants, and brave service members who defend
our lives and liberties--the same liberties that so
many Irish immigrants and Irish Americans helped
preserve and protect.
President John F. Kennedy once said, ``Our two nations,
divided by distance, have been united by history.''
Today, the Republic of Ireland and the United States
are also bound in our hope for the future--a future
that is equal, just, and prosperous for all of our
people. Together, our nations have stepped up to
address COVID-19 and the climate crisis. We have spoken
out for human rights around the world and supported the
people of Ukraine as they defend themselves against
Russia's brutal war. And this year, we commemorate the
25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement that
helped create a more peaceful and prosperous future for
the people of Northern Ireland.
Ireland and the United States are forever bound
together by our people and our passion. Everything
between us runs deep. In the years ahead, I look
forward to strengthening the partnership between our
countries and the friendship between our people even
further.
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 2023 as
Irish-American Heritage Month. I call upon all
Americans to celebrate the achievements and
contributions of Irish Americans to our Nation with
appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord
two thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
seventh.
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