Proclamation 5700 --
Geography Awareness Week, 1987
By
the President of the
A
Proclamation
Fascination
with the Earth and a desire to learn and record information about it inspired
the early explorers of our land and today remain part of our national heritage.
This legacy is carried on for us in the science of geography, the study of the
surface of the globe and the people, environments, resources, political
boundaries, and characteristics of every area.
For
generations, comprehension of world and national geography has been considered
essential to the education of Americans. Yet today, in an interdependent world
where knowledge of other lands and cultures is increasingly important, studies
show that Americans need more geographical knowledge. Citizens, especially
young people, should be fully acquainted with our country and our neighbors
around the globe and aware of geography's expanding study of the oceans and the
universe; the increasing wealth of knowledge provided by research in the
disciplines that support geography; and geography's physiographic, historical,
social, economic, and political aspects.
The
Congress, by Public Law 100 - 78, has designated the week of November 15
through
Now,
Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the
In
Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of September, in
the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-seven, and of the
Ronald
Reagan
[Filed with the Office
of the Federal Register,