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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Correspondence, White House Office of:
Records, 1981-89
Folder Title: National Disabled Veterans Week
Box: 71 (1982)
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THE OF THE UNITED
OF
SEEL
SLATES
National Disabled Veterans Week, 1982
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
As we strive to improve our military preparedness to further our goals of a
lasting peace and freedom, we look for special inspiration to our disabled
veterans who have so nobly sacrificed for these ideals. Few others have so
fully demonstrated great courage or endured such hardships for their country
and the cause of liberty.
All Americans owe a great debt of gratitude to the over two million service-
disabled veterans. The immense personal adversity suffered by these our
fellow countrymen is incalculable in terms of diminished health, lost career
opportunities, and restricted personal fulfillment. We are also keenly aware of
the substantial tragedy these injuries pose for the families of these veterans
who, along with their loved ones, must shoulder the weight of this burden.
The important contributions to the national welfare made by these gallant
men and women, not only in their military service but also in their later
civilian activities, are a source of pride and admiration to each of us and serve
as an illuminating lesson in valor and fortitude.
It is most fitting that Congress has chosen to recognize this record of distin-
guished service, courage, and accomplishment through passage of a joint
resolution authorizing designation of "National Disabled Veterans Week."
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of
America, do hereby designate the week beginning November 7, 1982, as
National Disabled Veterans Week. I call upon all Americans to join in
honoring those who have given so much in the defense of freedom. I ask
Government agencies at all levels, and private organizations and individuals
to observe this week with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of Sept.,
in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-two, and of the Independ-
ence of the United States of America the two hundred and seventh.
Ronald Reagan