Presidential Document2024-22944
Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day, 2024
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Published
October 2, 2024
Signed
September 27, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 80355-80356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22944]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 191 / Wednesday, October 2, 2024 /
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Proclamation 10818 of September 27, 2024
Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day, 2024
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On this solemn day, we honor the memories of the
patriots who served our Nation, defended our freedom,
and made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. We
hold close to our hearts the Gold Star mothers and
fathers, wives and husbands, sisters and brothers,
daughters and sons, and other loved ones, who grieve
their loss and carry on their legacy. And we recommit
to fulfilling our sacred obligation to care for all of
our Gold Star families.
Each of our service members is a link in the chain of
honor that stretches back to the founding days of our
Nation. They are bound not just by their bravery but
also by their commitment to an idea unlike any other in
human history: the idea of the United States of
America. Decade after decade, our service members have
fought for our freedom and the freedom of others
because they knew that freedom has never been
guaranteed. And just as our fallen heroes have kept the
ultimate faith in our country and our democracy, we
must keep faith in them.
To everyone who has loved and lost someone in the
service of our country and to everyone with a loved one
still missing or unaccounted for, I know how hard these
days of remembrance can be. No matter how much time has
passed or how much pride you have in their legacy, the
grief and the hurt never fully go away. The First Lady
and I are keeping all Gold Star families in our
prayers. Since I took office, I have signed over 30
bipartisan laws supporting service members and veterans
as well as their families, caregivers, and survivors.
And I will continue to do everything I can to support
our Gold Star families, to whom our Nation owes a debt
of gratitude we can never fully repay.
Today, we join Gold Star families in their grief and
express our gratitude: gratitude to our fallen heroes,
gratitude for the sacrifices of the families left
behind, and gratitude to the brave souls who continue
to uphold the flame of liberty all across our country
and around the world. Because of them, our country
stands today. As we honor Gold Star Mother's and
Family's Day, we recommit to making a more perfect
Union, for which our fallen heroes lived and died. That
is our promise.
The Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 115 of June
23, 1936 (49 Stat. 1895 as amended), has designated the
last Sunday in September as ``Gold Star Mother's Day.''
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 Sunday,
September 29, 2024, as Gold Star Mother's and Family's
Day. I call upon all Government officials to display
the flag of the United States over Government buildings
on this special day. I also encourage the American
people to display the flag and hold appropriate
ceremonies as a public expression of our Nation's
gratitude and respect for our Gold Star Mothers and
Families.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-seventh day of September, 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-ninth.
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