[Title 3 CFR 7152]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - January 1, 1999 Edition]
[Title 3 - Presidential Documents]
[Proclamation 7152 - Proclamation 7152 of November 20, 1998]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


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Proclamation 7152 of November 20, 1998

National Family Week, 1998

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Of all the blessings that Americans enjoy, our families are perhaps the 
most precious. It is within the family that we first gain an 
understanding of who we are and learn to respect the individuality of 
others. It is to our families that we turn for the unconditional love, 
acceptance, comfort, and support we need. And it is our families who 
teach us how to give that love and support to others, helping us to grow 
into strong, caring adults who can contribute to the well-being of our 
communities and our world.
In the broad and diverse America of today, families take many different 
forms, but they all share a need for security and stability. If we are 
to maintain strong families as the cornerstone of our society and our 
hope for the future, it is our responsibility as individuals to 
strengthen and protect our own families--and it is our responsibility as 
Americans to reach out with compassion to help other families in need.
My Administration has worked hard to help provide America's families 
with the tools they need to thrive. Our economic policies have brought 
dignity, security, and opportunity to millions of families by creating 
new jobs and reducing unemployment.
The most important work, however, is always done in the hearts and homes 
of individuals. During this week, I encourage all Americans to reflect 
upon the many blessings of family life and to join in our national 
effort to promote strong, loving families across our country. By 
strengthening and supporting the American family, we are ensuring that 
the future will be bright for our children, our Nation, and the world.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, 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 22 through 
November 28, 1998, as National Family Week. I call upon Federal, State, 
and local officials to honor American families with appropriate programs 
and activities. I encourage educators, community organizations, and 
religious leaders to celebrate the strength and values we draw from 
family relationships, and I urge all the people of the United States to 
reaffirm their own family ties and to reach out to other families in 
friendship and goodwill.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of 
November, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-eight,

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and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred 
and twenty-third.
                                                    WILLIAM J. CLINTON