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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Correspondence, White House Office of:
Records, 1981-1989
Folder Title: Father's Day
Box: 77 (1985)
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THE UNITED THE STATES. OF
Father's Day, 1985
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
By tradition, the third Sunday in June is celebrated as Father's Day, a day on
which we honor our Nation's fathers.
In honoring fathers, we honor families. Families are the bedrock of our
Nation's strength, and fathers play an indispensable role in forming vital,
whole families. They serve as models and guides for their sons and daughters
and help to pass on to the next generation the heritage of our civilization.
Being a good father is an art that cannot be taught in schools. The main
ingredient for success is simply a caring attitude. Fathers who love their
families can never completely fail, and children will always remember the
influence of a father who tries to do his best. For many children, the memory
of a loving father will be the most important influence in their lives.
The love a father feels for his children can take many forms. The only
constant is that he shares their lives in a special and irreplaceable way. He
feels their hurts as well as their joys, their pains as well as their triumphs. In
this way, he plays an indispensable role in their moral development, and they
return to him a love and satisfaction that cannot be found anywhere else.
On Father's Day, we pay tribute to all in our society who have taken on the
responsibilities and joys of fatherhood. Whether our fathers are near at hand
or a continent away, with their families or watching from the light of eternity,
we take this day to remember them, to say our thanks for the years they have
given us, and to ask that they receive God's blessings.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of
America, in accordance with the joint resolution of the Congress (36 U.S.C.
142a), do hereby proclaim Sunday, June 16, 1985, as Father's Day. I invite the
States and communities and the people of the United States to observe that
day with appropriate ceremonies as a mark of gratitude and abiding affection
for their fathers. I direct government officials to display the flag of the United
States on all Federal government buildings, and I urge all Americans to
display the flag at their homes and other suitable places on that day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of
June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-five, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and ninth.
Ronald Reagon