Presidential Document2023-22222
National Arts and Humanities Month, 2023
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Published
October 4, 2023
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September 29, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 4, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 68425-68426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22222]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 191 / Wednesday, October 4, 2023 /
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Proclamation 10634 of September 29, 2023
National Arts and Humanities Month, 2023
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During the throes of the American Revolution, General
George Washington wrote a letter to the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences saying, ``The arts and
sciences [are] essential to the prosperity of the State
and . . . the ornament and happiness of human life.''
His words are a reminder that, since our founding days,
America's arts and humanities have helped tell the
story of our Nation. They represent the freedom of
expression that empowers Americans to speak and think
independently and creatively. They build bridges of
understanding by chronicling the shared experiences of
hope, heartbreak, joy, and pain that help us see
ourselves in one another. And they record and wrestle
with the truth of our history while envisioning all the
possibilities our future holds. During National Arts
and Humanities Month, we celebrate all the artists and
scholars whose works depict the rich, enduring soul of
our Nation.
My Administration is committed to ensuring that
appreciation of and access to the arts and humanities
are within the reach of every American. My American
Rescue Plan invested over $1 billion to help libraries,
theaters, concert halls, and other venues, and we have
invested hundreds of millions more into strengthening
the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). I also
signed an Executive Order to make art more accessible
to people from underserved communities, elevate new
voices through the arts and humanities, and expand
opportunities for artists and scholars.
In coordination with the White House United We Stand
Summit, the NEH launched a new initiative titled
``United We Stand: Connecting Through Culture'' that
leverages the arts and humanities to combat hate-
motivated violence--utilizing the power of art to
promote civic engagement and cultural understanding.
This project helps reaffirm our Nation's central
promise that hate will have no safe harbor in America.
And we recently announced the top five awardees of Art
x Climate--the first-ever call for visual art that will
be featured in the fifth National Climate Assessment.
One of the greatest joys The First Lady and I have is
the opportunity to celebrate the arts through
performances and screenings here at the White House.
Over the past two and a half years, we have held
screenings of films, welcomed dancers to the state
floor, and hosted musicians and poets whose
performances captured our hearts and souls in a way
that only artists can. And I have honored the indelible
impact of incredible artists and scholars--from a poet
and a painter to musicians and actors--by awarding
National Humanities Medals and National Medals of Arts
and by hosting Kennedy Center honorees here at the
White House. Each of these artists are a testament to a
larger truth: that we are a great Nation in large part
because of the power of the arts and humanities, which
is forever stamped into America's DNA.
During National Arts and Humanities Month, may we
celebrate all the artists and scholars who have dared
to reveal the good, bad, and truth of our Nation, and,
in the process, have strengthened the covenant that is
our democracy.
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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 October 2023
as National Arts and Humanities Month. I call on the
people of the United States to observe this month with
appropriate programs, ceremonies, and celebrations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-ninth day of September, 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-
eighth.
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