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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Correspondence, White House Office of:
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Folder Title: Education Day U.S.A.
Box: Box 75(1984)
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THE UNITED THE STATES. OF
SEAL
Education Day, U.S.A., 1984
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Throughout our history, Americans have recognized that education is vital to
our Nation's future. Our educational system has always done far more than
simply train people for a given job or profession; it has equipped generation
upon generation of young men and women for lives of responsible citizenship,
by helping to teach them the basic ethical values and principles that are both
our heritage as a free people and the foundation of civilized life.
As the beneficiaries of that heritage, we bear a corresponding responsibility to
ensure that the moral values on which freedom rests continue to be transmit-
ted to each successive generation of Americans. If our educational efforts are
rooted in first principles-that human life is sacred; that men and women
should be treated as individuals, with certain fundamental rights and respon-
sibilities; that respect for law is crucial to the survival of freedom-then our
children and our children's children will share, as we have, in the blessings of
liberty.
The Lubavitch movement, headed by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson,
has provided people of all faiths a shining example of the true value of
education. The Lubavitcher Rebbe's work is a living reminder that knowledge
is worthy only when accompanied by moral and spiritual wisdom and under-
standing. In fostering and promoting a tradition of ethical values that can trace
its roots to the Seven Noahide Laws, which have often been cited as universal
norms of ethical conduct and a guarantee of fundamental human rights, the
Lubavitch movement and its greatly respected leader have shown Americans
of every faith that true education involves not simply what one knows, but
how one lives.
In recognition of Rabbi Schneerson's contributions and in honor of his 82nd
birthday on the 11th day of the Jewish month Nisan, which falls this year on
April 13, the Congress, by House Joint Resolution 520, has designated April 13,
1984, as "Education Day, U.S.A.," and has authorized and requested the
President to issue an appropriate proclamation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim April 13, 1984, as Education Day, U.S.A., and I
call upon the people of the United States, and in particular our teachers and
other educational leaders, to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies
and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of April,
in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-four, and of the Independ-
ence of the United States of America the two hundred and eighth.
Ronald Reagan