NATIONAL BUILDING SAFETY MONTH, 2013 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION When natural disasters and other hazards put American lives at risk, robust codes and standards for our…

OLDER AMERICANS MONTH, 2013 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION For half a century, communities in every corner of our country have come together to honor older Americans…

ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH, 2013 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Each May, our Nation comes together to recount the ways Asian Americans and Pacific…

JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, 2013 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION In his second year in office, President George Washington wrote a letter to the Touro Synagogue in…

NATIONAL FOSTER CARE MONTH, 2013 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION As a Nation, we have no task more important than ensuring our children grow up healthy and…

LAW DAY, U.S.A., 2013 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION As a Nation, we are bound together not by the colors of our skin, the tenets of our…

LOYALTY DAY, 2013 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION In the centuries since America broke from an empire and claimed independence, our people have come together again and…

NATIONAL PHYSICAL FITNESS AND SPORTS MONTH, 2013 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Over the past 3 years, communities all across America have joined First Lady Michelle Obama’s…

NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, 2013 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Today, tens of millions of Americans are living with the burden of a mental health problem.…