Proclamation 5398.
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99 STAT. 2108 Proclamation 5398 of October 28, 1985 National Farm-City Week, 1985 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation American farmers are the most productive in the world. But without farm machinery, fuel, electric power, chemical products, and other supplies from industry, our farms could never have achieved this remarkable level of efficiency. American consumers have the widest variety and the most plentiful supply of food and fiber products that can be found anywhere.
But without adequate transportation, processing, and marketing, our consumers could not reap the full benefits of our bounteous farms, orchards, and ranches. It is the successful synergism of farms, towns, cities, industry, and business that makes the United States a cornucopia for its own citizens, able to share its superabundance with a world where large regions suffer from critical shortages of food, often because of policies that discourage initiative and thwart progress.
To arrive at a better appreciation of how our American system works— with its cooperation between farm workers and city workers—we set aside in each November a Farm-City Week. During this time we seek to highlight the contributions that farmers and city dwellers, working together, make to the bounty, vitality, and strength of our Nation. NOW, THEREFORE. 1, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning November 22, 1985, through November 28, 1985, as National Farm-City Week.
I call upon all Americans, in rural areas and in cities alike, to join in recognizing the accomplishments of our productive farmers and of our urban residents in working together in a spirit of cooperation and interdependence to create abundance, wealth, and strength for the Nation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and tenth.
RONALD REAGAN 5399 October 28, 1985 National Family Week, 1985 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 5399 of October 28, 1985 National Family Week, 1985 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation America’s families are America’s greatest strength. Just as American society is more than the sum of its parts, families are more than just collections of individuals. It is within the family that we first gain an understanding of who we are; that we learn to give and receive love: that we learn to respect the individuality of others: that we grow to be strong, healthy adults able to take our99 STAT. 2109 place in the larger families of community, country, and the world.
Through the family we pass on our traditions, our rituals, and our values. From our families we receive the love, encouragement, and education needed to meet life’s challenges. Family life also provides a stimulus for the spiritual growth that fosters probity of character, generosity of spirit, and responsible citizenship. It is important that we dedicate ourselves to the promotion of strong families for, with their strength, commitment, and loyalty, they form the hearth and heart of our national life.
As an eminent American educator has wisely observed: “The security and elevation of the family and of family life are the prime objects of civilization, and the ultimate ends of all industry.” Special concern is due to troubled families, for we recognize that any chain is only as strong as its weakest link. At their best, strong families are small communities of love. Let us help them prosper. National Family Week gives us a chance to honor all families and especially to honor those Americans who have extended the love and support of their families to a child through adoption or foster care.
By giving the shelter of their loving arms to such a child on a temporary or permanent basis, these Americans demonstrate in a special way the unconditional love that only families can provide. The Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 31, has designated the week of*Ante*, p. 458. November 24 through 30, 1985, as “National Family Week” and authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this week. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week of November 24 through November 30, 1985, as National Family Week. 1 invite the Governors of the several states, the chief officials of local governments, the leaders in industry, and all Americans to observe this week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
As we celebrate this Thanksgiving Week, 1 also invite all Americans to give thanks for the many blessings that they have derived from their family relationships and to reflect upon the importance of maintaining strong families. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1 have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and tenth. RONALD REAGAN 5400 October 28, 1985 Centennial Year of Liberty in the United States Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 5400 of October 28, 1985 Centennial Year of Liberty in the United States By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation She remains a Wonder of the World—an uncanny fusion of art and engineering.
She is the result of a unique collaboration between two freedom-loving Frenchmen with a profound affection for America: a great sculptor, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, and the greatest structural engineer of his time, Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. Next year she will be 100 years old. 99 STAT. 2110 Nineteen hundred and eighty-six marks the Centennial of the Statue of Liberty. Originally called “Liberty Enlightening the World,” the Statue was a generous gift from the people of France to the people of the United States.
It represents the close and cordial relationship that traditionally has existed between our countries and our common devotion to freedom and democracy. She rises majestically 151 feet above the magnificent base designed by Richard M. Hunt, the preeminent American architect. But she is much more than her awesome dimensions and her physical splendor. For millions of anxious immigrants, the forebears of countless millions of today’s Americans, she was the first glimpse of America.
She was assurance of journey’s end. safe harbor reached at last, and the beginning of a new adventure in a free and blessed land. For them she was a dream come true, the Lady with the Lamp, a warm welcome to a new world and a new life. The gifted American poet Emma Lazarus, hailing her as the “New Colossus.” put the message of the Statue of Liberty in unforgettable words: Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp . . . Give me your tired, your poor. Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-lost, to me. I lift my lamp beside the Golden Door. Since its dedication on October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty has held high the beacon of freedom, hope, and opportunity to welcome millions of immigrants and visitors from foreign lands. From that time she has been one of the proudest symbols of the American ideal of liberty and justice for all. Today, the Statue of Liberty and nearby Ellis Island are being restored from the ravages of time and weather by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Foundation, Inc.
The United States will celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the Statue of Liberty through commemorative events scheduled to take place during the Fourth of July Weekend in 1986 and on October 28, 1986. In recognition of the importance of the Statue of Liberty to the American*Ante*, p. 559. people, the Congress, by House Joint Resolution 407, has designated the twelve-month period ending on October 28, 1986, as the “Centennial Year of Liberty in the United States” and authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this occasion.
NOW, THEREFORE. I. RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the twelve-month period ending on October 28, 1986. as the Centennial Year of Liberty in the United States, and I call upon the people of the United States to observe this year with appropriate ceremonies and activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and tenth.
RONALD REAGAN Editorial Note: For the President’s remarks of Oct. 28, 1985. on signing Proclamation 5400. see the *Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents* (vol. 21. p. 1308). 5401 October 28, 1985 National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month, 1985 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation