Mother's Day, 2021, 26147-26148 [2021-10215]

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 12, 2021)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 26147-26148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10215]



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Vol. 86

Wednesday,

No. 90

May 12, 2021

Part II





The President





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Proclamation 10207--Mother's Day, 2021


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Federal Register / Vol. 86 , No. 90 / Wednesday, May 12, 2021 / 
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                Proclamation 10207 of May 7, 2021

                
Mother's Day, 2021

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Each year on the second Sunday in May, we take time to 
                thank and celebrate mothers across America--those who 
                give us life and believe in us, so we can believe in 
                ourselves. Throughout our history, even as they have 
                nurtured and guided us, mothers have built, shaped, 
                led, and sustained our Nation with selflessness and 
                courage.

                Like so many fellow Americans observing this day 
                without their Moms with them, I will spend this 
                Mother's Day missing my own mom, Catherine Eugenia 
                ``Jean'' Finnegan Biden. She taught me about the 
                importance of family, loyalty, and faith. Even now, I 
                hear her voice reminding me that everyone is equal and 
                that we are all defined by our sense of honor, duty, 
                and courage. Her immeasurable strength lives on in all 
                of her children, her grandchildren, her great-
                grandchildren, and the many other lives that she 
                touched.

                I will also spend this Mother's Day honoring the love 
                of my life and the life of my love, Jill. In the many 
                years of our marriage, she has healed our family, 
                guided us through unimaginable hardships, and brought 
                us untold joy and laughter. Her strength and 
                determination have been our bedrock, and her warmth 
                holds us all together.

                Through their unconditional love, mothers shape our 
                lives and help us become the people we hope to be. We 
                especially thank the mothers who have led us through 
                the COVID-19 pandemic. From the earliest days of this 
                crisis, so many mothers across our country have worked 
                essential jobs, borne the brunt of our caregiving 
                crisis, and selflessly provided support and comfort in 
                a time of anxiety and fear. For many families, mothers 
                took on the full-time role of teacher and caregiver 
                when our schools and child care facilities were closed 
                or operating remotely. In fact, this year, millions of 
                moms left the workforce or deferred their education in 
                order to provide care. New mothers faced pregnancy and 
                childbirth without family and friends to support them--
                exacerbating a preexisting maternal health crisis which 
                disproportionately impacts Black and Native American 
                families. On Mother's Day, we also honor those who have 
                suffered the profound loss of the life of a child and 
                those grappling with uncertainty in hopes of becoming 
                mothers someday.

                We also recognize that this will be the first Mother's 
                Day for many families who lost their Mom due to COVID-
                19 and other diseases and cruel twists of fate of this 
                past year. May God bless their memory and may this day 
                fall gently on their loved ones left behind.

                When we support mothers, we support the prosperity, 
                security, and well-being of our entire Nation. That's 
                why my Administration is committed to fighting for safe 
                and equitable workplaces, addressing barriers women 
                face at work, closing the gender wage and wealth gaps, 
                and making quality child care affordable so parents can 
                work, knowing their children are in good hands.

                We've already begun this work through the American 
                Rescue Plan's historic reductions in child poverty, 
                ground-breaking investments in child care, and

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                expanded support for families with children. Today, we 
                are working to pass once-in-a-generation investments in 
                our Nation's future through the American Jobs Plan and 
                the American Families Plan. With these bills, we will 
                modernize our schools, make it easier to care for aging 
                loved-ones, create millions of good jobs, rebuild our 
                country's infrastructure, and strengthen our economic 
                competitiveness, so that all families have the 
                opportunities they need to thrive.

                Our Nation would not be where we are today without the 
                foundations built by mothers. This Mother's Day, let us 
                honor not only our own moms for their many 
                contributions to our lives, but all mothers whose arms 
                have cradled new generations and whose many gifts, 
                unselfishly given, have blessed us all.

                The Congress, by joint resolution approved May 8, 1914 
                (38 Stat. 770), has designated the second Sunday in May 
                each year as ``Mother's Day'' and requested the 
                President to call for its appropriate observance.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws 
                of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 9, 2021, 
                as Mother's Day. I urge all Americans to express their 
                love, respect, and gratitude to mothers everywhere, 
                including the figures in our lives who nurture, guide, 
                and sacrifice for us in the ways that mothers do. I 
                call upon all citizens to observe this day with 
                appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                seventh day of May, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty-one, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                fifth.
                
                
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