NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, 2012 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION For far too long, domestic violence was ignored or treated as a private matter where victims…

NATIONAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH, 2012 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Every day, far too many Americans are hurt by alcohol and drug abuse. From diminished achievement…

NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, 2012 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Breast cancer touches the lives of Americans from every background and in every community across our…

NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH, 2012 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Today, Americans are more connected to each other and to people around the world than ever before.…

GOLD STAR MOTHER’S AND FAMILY’S DAY, 2012 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION From the revolution that gave life to our Republic to the trials of our times,…

NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY, 2012 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION When Thomas Jefferson described the view from Monticello in 1786, he wrote, “How sublime to look down…

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHIMNEY ROCK NATIONAL MONUMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The Chimney Rock site in southwestern Colorado incorporates spiritual, historic, and scientific resources of great value and significance.  A thousand years ago,…

NATIONAL HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WEEK, 2012 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The founders of our Nation’s first colleges and universities for African Americans shared a fundamental belief that, with the right education,…

NATIONAL HUNTING AND FISHING DAY, 2012 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION From our highest peaks and most historic parks to the quiet woods and streams where generations of families have connected with the land…

NATIONAL POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY, 2012 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION For more than two centuries, Americans have bravely served our Nation as members of our Armed Forces.  Many have made profound sacrifices to uphold…