[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 1994)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 2927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-1481]
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[Federal Register: January 20, 1994]
Presidential Documents
Proclamation 6647 of January 14, 1994
National Good Teen Day, 1994
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
There are now more than 24 million young people between
the ages of 13 and 19 in the United States, each of
them unique, each with promise, each struggling with
the complicated transition to adulthood. These young
people hold the keys to a promising future, and we must
help them use every available resource to meet the
challenges that lie ahead. Few generations have been
confronted with so much responsibility, yet perhaps
none has been presented with such exciting
opportunities.
In spite of barriers and stumbling blocks, most teens
play by the rules as they begin the work of building
meaningful lives for themselves and finding their
places in the community. Most embrace and promote
fairness and compassion, often championing such
precepts when others forsake them as unattainable
ideals. They work together to diminish prejudice and
violence; they find joy in family and friends and
satisfaction in triumph and accomplishment.
Many teens are heroes who refuse to give up in
adversity, to yield to temptation, or to give in to the
negative influences around them. They serve as positive
role models to younger children, as leaders to their
peers, and as inspiration to older generations. They
are our future, our hope, and a very real joy to those
of us who know them well.
We are justifiably proud of American teens. They
deserve our recognition and appreciation, and it is
fitting that we honor them. Our country depends on
their energy and dedication. Their knowledge,
creativity, and dreams can change America for the
better.
The Congress, by House Joint Resolution 75, has
designated January 16, 1994, as ``National Good Teen
Day'' and has authorized and requested the President to
issue a proclamation in observance of this day.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim January
16, 1994, as National Good Teen Day. I invite the
States, communities, and people of the United States to
observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and
programs in appreciation of our Nation's teenagers.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
fourteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and ninety-four, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two
hundred and eighteenth.
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[FR Doc 94-1481
Filed 1-18-94; 1:59 pm]
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