National Family Week, 2003

Proclamation 7739 of November 21, 2003

National Family Week, 2003

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

As Americans gather during Thanksgiving week, we honor
our families, and we recognize the family as a source
of help, hope, and stability for our citizens and for
our country.

Strong families make our Nation better. They teach our
children values and help them become responsible
citizens. We must encourage families to be loving and
compassionate, generous and supportive, and to serve
and help others.

On this Thanksgiving week, we also pay respect to our
brave military families whose loved ones are on active
duty, many on the front lines of freedom in Iraq and
Afghanistan. These families provide a bond of love and
encouragement to our men and women in uniform as they
defend liberty and protect our Nation.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, 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 November 23 through November
29, 2003, as National Family Week. I invite the States,
communities, and all the people of the United States to
join together in observing this week with appropriate
ceremonies and activities to honor our Nation's
families.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-first day of November, in the year of our Lord
two thousand three, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
eighth.

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