Presidential Document2024-07179
Month of the Military Child, 2024
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Published
April 3, 2024
Signed
March 29, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 3, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 22883-22884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07179]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 89 , No. 65 / Wednesday, April 3, 2024 /
Presidential Documents
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Proclamation 10716 of March 29, 2024
Month of the Military Child, 2024
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
This April, we celebrate children of our service
members and veterans whose sacrifice and support allow
their parents to serve our Nation and protect children
everywhere.
Over the years, the First Lady and I have had the honor
of meeting with military and veteran children from
every corner of our Nation and witnessing their
incredible sense of duty firsthand. These young
patriots often pack up their lives every few years,
starting new schools and making new friends. From
watching our own grandchildren, we also know that
military children embody courage and selflessness,
remaining brave when their moms or dads are deployed
and remaining resilient when celebrating birthdays and
holidays with an empty seat at the dinner table.
Military and veteran children also take care of loved
ones who are wounded, ill, or injured--and far too many
grow up with the unbearable pain of losing a parent. It
is a solemn reminder that being a military child means
sacrificing for our country without ever wearing a
uniform.
Our Nation has many obligations, but we have only one
truly sacred obligation: to prepare and equip those we
send into harm's way and to care for them and their
families--especially our military children--while
deployed and when they return home. That is why I
signed an Executive Order last year that establishes
the most comprehensive set of administrative actions in
our Nation's history to support the economic security
of military and veteran spouses, caregivers, and
survivors--including improving access to quality,
dependable, and affordable child care. My
Administration expanded the Military Parental Leave
Program, ensuring that service members have the time
they need with their families after a child's birth,
adoption, or long-term foster care placement. We are
working to guarantee universal pre-kindergarten for
military children at Department of Defense schools. We
have begun that work by launching a pilot program at a
school in Japan. The First Lady's Joining Forces
initiative is providing support to military children by
improving economic opportunity for military families,
making school transitions easier, and expanding
resources to promote their families' health and well-
being.
Military children embody the very best of America--
shouldering the unique challenges military life places
on families across our Nation and around the world with
tenacity. This month--and every month--we honor their
bravery and show our gratitude to the children of our
military service members and veterans for their own
service to 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 laws of
the United States, do hereby proclaim April 2024 as the
Month of the Military Child. I call upon the people of
the United States to honor the children of our service
members and veterans with appropriate ceremonies and
activities. I also encourage Americans everywhere to
find ways to support military-connected children,
including by wearing purple during the month of April
in honor of their service.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
eighth.
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