98-33381. National Children's Memorial Day, 1998

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Proclamation 7159--National Children's Memorial Day, 1998



Executive Order 13108--Further Amendment to Executive Order 13037, 
Commission To Study Capital Budgeting


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                Proclamation 7159 of December 11, 1998

                
National Children's Memorial Day, 1998

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                There is nothing more devastating to a family than the 
                death of a child. Each year, thousands of America's 
                families face this tragedy, losing their children to 
                illness, injury, or accident. Our whole society 
                experiences this loss as well, for we are all 
                diminished by the death of every one of our young 
                people, whose love, laughter, talents, and achievements 
                bring so much joy to our lives and so much promise to 
                our future.

                The holiday season is an especially painful time for 
                parents who have lost a child, so it is fitting that we 
                set aside a special day during this month to 
                acknowledge the grief of these families and to pay 
                tribute to the lives and memories of their children. On 
                National Children's Memorial Day, let us all reach out, 
                whether as individuals or as members of caring 
                communities, to offer bereaved families the compassion, 
                support, and understanding they need to begin the 
                process of healing.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, 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 December 13, 1998, as 
                National Children's Memorial Day. I call upon the 
                American people to observe this day with appropriate 
                programs and activities in remembrance of the infants, 
                children, teenagers, and young adults who have died and 
                to bring comfort to their families.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                eleventh day of December, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-eight, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and twenty-third.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

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