Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2017

Vol. 82

Tuesday,

No. 68

April 11, 2017

Part II

The President

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Proclamation 9589--Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2017

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 9589 of April 6, 2017

Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2017

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

At the core of the American Dream lies the belief that
our futures are not pre-determined and can be improved
through learning and hard work. On Education and
Sharing Day, we acknowledge the critical role of
families, schools, and religious and other civic
institutions in nurturing in our children the values
that enable them to realize the full scope of their
ambitions.

Education and Sharing Day recognizes the remarkable
efforts of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the
Lubavitcher Rebbe, to use values-based education to
drive our Nation's children toward the American Dream.
As an educator, Rabbi Schneerson understood that
education is incomplete if it is devoid of moral
development. Working through a spirit of optimism, he
strived to teach children to be honest, civil,
respectful of differences, and self-disciplined, in
addition to being intellectually rigorous.

On April 18, 1978, our Nation's first Education Day,
U.S.A., Rabbi Schneerson wrote that ``we can neither be
satisfied nor slacken our efforts'' so long as ``there
is still one child that does not receive an adequate
education.'' These words inspire us today, as they did
then, to empower our children and share with each of
them the opportunity and promise of America. It is up
to us to support our children in realizing their hopes
and to encourage them to reach their fullest potential.

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 April 7, 2017, 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
sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord two
thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
first.