Proclamation 4849.
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95 STAT. 1823 Proclamation 4849 of June 27, 1981 National Clean-up and Flag-up America’s Highways Week, 1981 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Americans enjoy the use of our Nation’s highway system, which is one of the finest systems in the world, both for business and pleasure. Our high ways are a source of pride for this Nation and they directly or indirectly affect and serve every American. Highways are our lifeline—s providing us with food and other necessities, the opportunity to explore this vast, beautiful country, and a great freedom of choice in selecting our home and work areas.
Highways have contributed significantly to employment, provided us improved lifestyles, and aided in our defense. Our highways should be recognized as a national asset and our citizens should be urged to clean up and rehabilitate them. Clean and litter-free highways will contribute to national pride and road safety. To remind all Americans of the importance of national pride and road safety, the Congress, by an Act approved June 5, 1981 (Public Law 97–12), Ante, p. 71. has requested the President to proclaim June 28 through July 4 as “National Clean-up and Flag-up America’s Highways Week.
” NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning June 28 through July 4, 1981, as National Clean-up and Flag-up America’s Highways Week. I call upon the people of the United States to observe that week with appropriate ceremonies and activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fifth.
RONALD REAGAN 4850 June 30, 1981 Captive Nations Week, 1981 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4850 of June 30, 1981 Captive Nations Week, 1981 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Twenty-two years ago, by a joint resolution approved July 17, 1959 (73 Stat. 212), the Congress authorized and requested the President to proclaim the third week in July as Captive Nations Week. Last January 20 saw again a change in Administration under our Constitution, the oldest written document of its type in continuous force in the world.
The peaceful and orderly transfer of power in response to the sover-95 STAT. 1824eign will of our people is sometimes taken for granted by Americans. Yet events in some other areas of the world should remind us all of the vital, revolutionary ideal of our Founding Fathers: that governments derive their legitimacy from the consent of the peoples they govern. During Captive Nations Week, Americans should realize our devotion to the ideal of government by consent, a devotion that is shared by millions who live in nations dominated today by a foreign military power and an alien Marxist-Leninist ideology.
This week, Americans should recall the series of historical tragedies—be ginning with the broken promises of the Yalta Conference—that led to the denial of the most elementary forms of personal freedom and human dignity to millions in Eastern Europe and Asia. In recent years, we have seen successful attempts to extend this oppression to Africa, Latin America and Asia—most recently in the brutal suppression of national sovereignty in Afghanistan and attempts to intimidate Poland.
During Captive Nations Week, we Americans must reaffirm our own tradition of self-rule and extend to the peoples of the Captive Nations a message of hope—hope founded in our belief that free men and women will ultimately prevail over those who deny individual rights and preach the supremacy of the state; hope in our conviction that the human spirit will ultimately triumph over the cult of the state. While we can be justly proud of a government that is responsive to our people, we cannot be complacent.
Captive Nations Week provides us with an opportunity to reaffirm publicly our commitment to the ideals of freedom and by so doing maintain a beacon of hope for oppressed peoples everywhere. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning on July 19, 1981, as Captive Nations Week. I invite the people of the United States to observe this week with appropriate ceremonies and activities and to reaffirm their dedication to the ideals which unite us and inspire others.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fifth. RONALD REAGAN 4851 August 6, 1981 National Blinded Veterans Recognition Day Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4851 of August 6, 1981 National Blinded Veterans Recognition Day By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Among those Americans who have answered their country’s call to service in defense of its freedoms, there are thousands who, as a result of service in our Nation’s military forces, have suffered the catastrophic disability of blindness.
Despite the extreme severity of this disability, these veterans 95 STAT. 1825have succeeded in leading useful and productive lives, in part through Federal programs for their readjustment but, more significantly, by drawing upon a special brand of heroism. Our country now enjoys the blessing of peace, and it is appropriate that all Americans recognize the special debt owed to those who have been blind ed in the defense of our freedoms during the wars of this century. We must acknowledge also the sample they have provided to those blind ed veterans whose equally catastrophic disability occurred after their separations from military service, and to other blinded Americans.
Few are more worthy of national recognition than the disabled American veterans who have honored their commitments to their country and serve as a source of pride for us all. I would also like to single out for praise those employers who have provided blinded veterans with the opportunity to develop rewarding private sector careers. This promise of a future with challenge and fulfillment is particularly meaningful. It is fitting that the Congress has, by enactment of Senate Joint Resolution 64, designated August 13, 1981, as “National Blinded Veterans Recognition *Ante*, p. 169.Day.
” NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, call upon all Americans to observe Thursday, August 13, 1981, as National Blinded Veterans Recognition Day. I urge my fellow citizens and all interested groups and organizations to set aside this day to honor the sacrifices and service of our Nation’s blinded veterans by means of appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and sixth.
RONALD REAGAN 4852 August 14, 1981 National Schoolbus Safety Week Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4852 of August 14, 1981 National Schoolbus Safety Week By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Our country’s greatest resource is its children; their education is our investment in the future. Currently, more than 20 million students are transported by school bus to and from school each day. The safety of these students deserves the highest priority.
To remind all Americans of the importance of school bus safety, the Congress, by House Joint Resolution 141, has requested the President to proclaim *Ante*, p. 934.the week beginning October 4, 1981, as “National School bus Safety Week.” NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the period from October 4, 1981 through 95 STAT. 1826October 10, 1981, as National School bus Safety Week. I call upon all Americans to recognize and contribute to the imperative of providing safe transportation for our schoolchildren.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and sixth. RONALD REAGAN 4853 August 20, 1981 Commodore John Barry Day Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4853 of August 20, 1981 Commodore John Barry Day By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Commodore John Barry, hero of the American Revolution and holder of the first commission in the United States Navy under the Constitution, was born in 1745, in County Wexford, Ireland.
Commodore Barry was commissioned to command the brig Lexington, one of the first ships bought and equipped for the Revolution, and became a national hero with the engagement and capture of the British warship Edward on April 7, 1776. He distinguished himself throughout the Revolution and again shortly thereafter in the Quasi-War with France as a fighter and seaman. In 1797, with the advice and consent of the Senate, President Washington appointed Commodore Barry Captain in the Navy of the United States and Commander of the Frigate United States.
In so doing, the President said that he placed “special Trust and Confidence in (Commodore Barry’s) Patriotism, Valour, Fidelity, and Abilities”. Commodore Barry was honored by the United States Congress in 1906, when a statue was commissioned and later placed in Lafayette Park, Washington, District of Columbia, and honored again some fifty years later when President Eisenhower caused a statue of Commodore Barry to be presented on behalf of the people of the United States to the people of Ireland, at County Wexford, Ireland.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate September 13, 1981, as “Commodore John Barry Day”, as a tribute to one of the earliest and greatest American Patriots, a man of great insight who perceived very early the need for American power on the sea. I call upon Federal, state, and local government agencies and the people of the United States to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and sixth.
RONALD REAGAN 4854 August 24, 1981 Women’s Equality Day, 1981 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation
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