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Digitized from Box 25 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 8, 1976
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION WEEK, 1976
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
In this Bicentennial year, we have many opportunities
to recall that the greatness of America is founded upon
appreciation of our heritage and upon knowledge of the
historic events that have shaped our national identity.
One of the most important sources of our sense of
national direction is our architectural heritage --- the
historic sites, structures and landmarks that link us
physically with our past. This great fund of cultural
resources includes not only sites such as well-known
battlefields and structures of national significance such
as the homes of famous patriots, but also includes typical
houses, office buildings, factories, and stores, and other
public buildings such as post offices, courthouses, and
railroad stations. Along the streets of our cities and
towns and in our rural areas, these sometimes humble but
historic properties remind us of the accomplishments of
our predecessors and, thereby, help to provide a con-
tinuity and historical perspective that are so important
to the cultural heritage of any great nation.
We are a vigorous and mobile people, often oriented
more toward the future than the past. It is important
for us to preserve our physical heritage in the face of
progress.
So it is a pleasure to note the efforts of those in
the historic preservation movement, in both the public and
private sector, who have led the movement to preserve
these unique and irreplaceable inheritances of the past.
An invaluable contribution by them has been to demonstrate
how these historic structures of all types can meet the
needs of contemporary society and at the same time add to
the richness of our cultural heritage.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim the calendar
week beginning May 9, 1976, as National Historic
Preservation Week. I call upon Government agencies at
all levels, interested private individuals and organizations,
and all concerned citizens, to mark this observance with
appropriate ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
seventh day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen
hundred seventy-six, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundredth.
GERALD R. FORD
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