Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 1995

Proclamation 6785 of April 10, 1995

Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 1995

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

As we move toward a complex and challenging new
century, excellence in American education is more vital
to our Nation's success than ever. We live in an era
when advances in science and technology create new
questions and demand more of our citizens each day.
Only a national commitment to high-quality education
can prepare our young people to meet the great
responsibilities and opportunities of the future.

Yet an education that prepares a child for a lifetime
is more than an accumulation of facts or single-minded
preparation for a career. It is also a set of ideals
and ethics that unites all Americans and allows us to
work together for a just and honorable society.
Teachers, families, and communities play vital roles in
passing on these shared values and common hopes for a
better tomorrow.

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher
Rebbe, well understood the importance of nurturing the
heart along with the mind. Throughout his long and rich
life, he believed that the education of our young
people would only be successful if it sought to build
character as well as intellect, if it taught the
lessons of honesty, tolerance, and good citizenship, as
well as language, math, and science.

This year, let us rededicate ourselves to teaching the
love of learning that was championed by Rabbi
Schneerson and is strengthened by caring leaders like
him throughout our Nation. As we provide our students
with the information and practical tools they need, let
us also pass on to them the capacity for understanding
that can help to give fuller meaning to their lives.

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 laws of the United
States, do hereby proclaim April 11, 1995, as
``Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.'' I call upon
Government officials, educators, volunteers, and all
the people of the United States to observe this day
with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen
hundred and ninety-five, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and
nineteenth.

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