National Hispanic Heritage Month, 2018

Proclamation 9783 of September 13, 2018

National Hispanic Heritage Month, 2018

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

During National Hispanic Heritage Month, we honor all
American citizens of Hispanic descent and celebrate
their rich and vibrant traditions of faith, family,
hard work, and patriotism. We are grateful for the
innumerable contributions they make to our society,
which are vital to our thriving Nation. We are
especially grateful for the 1.2 million Hispanic-
American men and women who have answered the call to
serve in our Armed Forces, demonstrating remarkable
loyalty, bravery, and dedication to duty.

My Administration is continuing to create an
environment in which all our citizens have the
opportunity to achieve the American Dream. We have
enacted massive tax cuts for families and businesses,
which means more jobs and better pay. We are
eliminating unnecessary and burdensome regulations that
constrain our entrepreneurial spirit. We are finally
fixing our Nation's broken trade deals so that we have
free, fair, and reciprocal trade. As a result of our
efforts, our Nation's unemployment rate has reached its
lowest level in 50 years, and the Hispanic-American
unemployment and poverty rates have dropped to their
lowest rates on record.

Hispanic Americans help reinforce our relationship with
our Latin American neighbors as we work to bolster
liberty in the region and achieve free and fair trade
with our regional partners. In April, Vice President
Mike Pence joined leaders from the Pan-American region
at the Summit of the Americas to affirm our collective
commitment to liberty and government accountability and
to confronting threats to freedom in places such as
Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. We will continue to
collaborate with Latin American and Caribbean countries
to strengthen our trade relationships and to ensure a
freer and more secure hemisphere.

For generations, Hispanic Americans have played a
pivotal role in our country's strength and prosperity.
Their spirit, energy, and leadership are woven into the
culture of America, and enrich all our lives. To honor
the achievements of Hispanic Americans, the Congress,
by Public Law 100-402, as amended, has authorized and
requested the President to issue annually a
proclamation designating September 15 through October
15 as ``National Hispanic Heritage Month.''

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, 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 September 15 through
October 15, 2018, as National Hispanic Heritage Month.
I call upon public officials, educators, librarians,
and all Americans to observe this month with
appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
two thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
third.