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Addresses and Remarks
See also Meetings With Foreign Leaders
Congressional leaders, meeting--1404
Economic policy team, meeting--1421
Federal Emergency Management Agency employees--1400
Labor Department employees--1419
New York City
Business leaders--1409
DeSoto Elementary School--1413
Radio address--1397
State Department employees--1415
Virginia, reopening of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in
Arlington--1406
Bill Signings
Legislation authorizing U.S. payments to the United Nations,
statement--1422
Communications to Congress
Appropriations levels, letter on bipartisan agreement on
discretionary FY 2002--1407
Communications to Federal Agencies
Assistance for Pakistan, memorandum--1396
Executive Orders
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees--1398
President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education--1407
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology--1399
Interviews With the News Media
Exchanges with reporters
New York City--1409, 1412
Oval Office--1404
Meetings With Foreign Leaders
Mexico, President Fox--1417
Proclamations
Child Health Day--1402
Gold Star Mother's Day--1396
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month--1414
National Disability Employment Awareness Month--1414
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month--1403
National Public Lands Day--1395
Statements by the President
See also Bill Signings
Senate action on bilateral trade agreement with Vietnam--1413
Sibir Airlines crash--1421
Supplementary Materials
Acts approved by the President--1425
Checklist of White House press releases--1425
Digest of other White House announcements--1423
Nominations submitted to the Senate--1424
Editor's Note: The President was at Camp David, MD, on October 5, the
closing date of this issue. Releases and announcements issued by the
Office of the Press Secretary but not received in time for inclusion in
this issue will be printed next week.
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Week Ending Friday, October 5, 2001
Proclamation 7473--National Public Lands Day, 2001
September 28, 2001
By the President of the United States
of America
A Proclamation
The United States has the world's greatest public lands. The
National Park System, established in 1916, protects some of America's
most beautiful and essential natural resources. Our parks connect
Americans with their land, giving us a common landscape and shared
national treasures. With more than 80 million acres, these majestic and
diverse parks, home to thousands of species of flora and fauna,
represent our Nation's most important natural legacy to future
generations.
Our national parks provide outstanding recreational possibilities
for Americans, and more than 287 million visitors each year come to
these beautiful places to explore those possibilities. My Administration
recognizes and accepts the importance of making these great lands more
accessible to all our citizens. Our Government bears a clear and direct
responsibility for the stewardship of our parks. The Government alone,
however, cannot fulfill the promise of preserving this outdoor legacy--a
legacy first bequeathed to us by President Theodore Roosevelt and other
early visionaries who understood the importance of these great
landscapes, ecosystems, and historic and cultural settings. Only by
developing partnerships among States, local communities, tribal
governments, public agencies, the nonprofit sector, the private sector,
and individual landowners can we truly maintain and protect our Nation's
best places.
National Public Lands Day provides every American with a unique and
valuable opportunity to promote environmental education and, more
importantly, to put their hands to work on projects directly benefiting
public lands. I encourage Americans to volunteer to build trails,
restore habitat, improve accessibility for visitors with special needs,
and repair weather-related damage. This year, more than 60,000
volunteers are expected to work at approximately 335 sites in all 50
States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. In cooperation with
their community partners, these individuals will contribute nearly $9
million of needed improvements to America's public lands.
National Public Lands Day also serves as a special time for our
country to recognize the accomplishments of the Civilian Conservation
Corps, the hard-working men who built more than 800 of America's
national and State parks during the 1930s and 1940s. Ceremonies honoring
the Corps will be held at Virginia's Shenandoah National Park, as well
as at 30 other locations throughout the country.
I encourage Americans to follow the worthy example set by those CCC
members and pitch in by volunteering to improve our parks. Through these
efforts, we can all do our part to ensure that the Nation's parks,
forests, lakes, fields, and rivers remain vibrant and enduring legacies
of America's natural beauty for ages to come.
Now, Therefore, I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 29, 2001, as
National Public Lands Day. I call upon the people of the United States
to observe this day with appropriate programs and activities to improve
the public lands they use for recreation, education, and enjoyment.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth
day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
sixth.
George W. Bush
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[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., October 2,
2001]
Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on October
3. This item was not received in time for publication in the appropriate
issue.
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Week Ending Friday, October 5, 2001
Proclamation 7474--Gold Star Mother's Day, 2001
September 28, 2001
By the President of the United States
of America
A Proclamation
Since its inception, this Nation has relied upon courageous young
men and women to fight willingly for our country's ideals. Time and
again, these men and women have secured America's liberty and
prosperity. In defense of freedom and the values Americans hold sacred,
many have paid the ultimate sacrifice. Over the course of the last 226
years, more than 1 million American mothers have endured the loss of a
son or daughter in service to our Nation.
In the aftermath of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson first used
the term ``Gold Star Mother.'' It signified not only the remembrance of
a young life sacrificed in service to America, but the pride, dignity,
and devotion of one who had first given life to that heroic young
American. Since 1928, Gold Star Mothers have sustained themselves
through their profound sorrow by lovingly serving others. From civic
education and community service, to the care of veterans and those in
need, the Gold Star Mothers promote patriotism, serve their country, and
perpetuate the memories of their lost loved ones. Today, the Nation's
Gold Star Mothers still stand as symbols of purpose, perseverance, and
grace in the face of personal tragedy. Each year, the Nation remembers
their sacrifice by honoring the Gold Star Mothers for their steadfast
commitment to the legacy of their fallen children and their devotion to
the United States of America.
The Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 115 of June 23, 1936 (49
Stat. 1895), has designated the last Sunday in September as Gold Star
Mother's Day and has authorized and requested the President to issue a
proclamation in observance of this day.
Now, Therefore, I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim Sunday, September 30, 2001, as Gold Star
Mother's Day. I call upon all Government officials to display the United
States flag over Government buildings on this solemn day. I also
encourage the American people to display the flag and to hold
appropriate meetings in their homes, places of worship, or other
suitable places as a public expression of the sympathy and respect that
our Nation holds for our Gold Star Mothers.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth
day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
sixth.
George W. Bush
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., October 2,
2001]
Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on October
3. This item was not received in time for publication in the appropriate
issue.
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