Proclamation 5847 --
National Senior Citizens Day, 1988
By
the President of the
A
Proclamation
Throughout
our history, older people have achieved much for our families, our communities,
and our country. That remains true today, and gives us ample reason this year
to reserve a special day in honor of the senior citizens who mean so much to
our land.
With
improved health care and more years of productivity, older citizens are
reinforcing their historical roles as leaders and as links with our patrimony
and sense of purpose as individuals and as a Nation. Many older people are embarking
on second careers, giving younger Americans a fine example of responsibility,
resourcefulness, competence, and determination. And more than 4.5 million
senior citizens are serving as volunteers in various programs and projects that
benefit every sector of society. Wherever the need exists, older people are
making their presence felt -- for their own good and that of others.
For
all they have achieved throughout life and for all they continue to accomplish,
we owe older citizens our thanks and a heartfelt salute. We can best
demonstrate our gratitude and esteem by making sure that our communities are
good places in which to mature and grow older -- places in which older people
can participate to the fullest and can find the encouragement, acceptance,
assistance, and services they need to continue to lead lives of independence
and dignity.
The
Congress, by House Joint Resolution 138, has designated
Now,
Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the
In
Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day of August, in
the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, and of the
Ronald
Reagan
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