Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, and Constitution Week, 2021, 52385-52386 [2021-20506]

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 21, 2021)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 52385-52386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20506]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 180 / Tuesday, September 21, 2021 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10258 of September 16, 2021

                
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, and 
                Constitution Week, 2021

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                For 234 years, America's Constitution has guided our 
                growth, shaped our progress, and defined us as a Nation 
                of sacred laws and fundamental values. When our 
                democracy is tested, we draw strength from the 
                Constitution to see us through. When we look ahead in 
                our uniquely American way--restless, bold, and 
                optimistic--our Constitution is the bedrock we build 
                upon to make our Nation more equal, more just, and more 
                prosperous for all our people.

                American democracy requires our constant care, 
                vigilance, and full participation to determine the 
                course and conscience of our Union. As President, I 
                swore an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the 
                Constitution, and I will continue to work tirelessly to 
                ensure that we uphold and strengthen this remarkable 
                system of self-government for future generations ready 
                to put their own shoulders to the wheel.

                The Framers of the Constitution understood the 
                extraordinary promise of a democratic system of 
                government--a Nation that could be made a ``more 
                perfect Union'' by each passing generation to come. 
                They laid out a set of basic principles and equipped 
                the American people with all that was necessary to meet 
                the changing needs and values of our country through 
                the years.

                For more than two centuries, women and men have 
                struggled and strived to make good on the promise of 
                our founding document and to expand the promise of 
                America by amending our Constitution in accordance with 
                our growth and progress as a Nation--just as the 
                Framers envisioned they would. Through Civil War, the 
                fight for universal suffrage, and the heroic non-
                violent resistance of the Civil Rights Movement--from 
                Seneca Falls to Selma and countless acts of civic 
                bravery beyond--courageous Americans have fought, 
                sacrificed, and changed hearts and minds to deliver the 
                full breadth of human dignity to which our Constitution 
                aspires. Fully realizing these ideals and attaining 
                justice for all remains an urgent and enduring 
                imperative.

                Today, we are in the midst of grave attempts to 
                suppress and subvert the right to vote in free and fair 
                elections--the most sacred right in our democracy and 
                the very heart of our Constitution. We must continue to 
                rebuff these threats to ensure that American democracy 
                remains healthy and strong. My Administration is 
                pursuing an all-of-government effort to protect and 
                expand the fundamental right to vote and make our 
                democracy more equitable and accessible for all 
                Americans.

                I have often said that America is the only Nation 
                founded on an idea. Though we have never fully lived up 
                to it, we have never walked away from it. We have never 
                stopped striving to fulfill the founding promise of our 
                Nation--that all of us are created equal and deserve to 
                be treated equally throughout our lives. My 
                Administration is committed to bringing us closer to 
                the fulfillment of that promise.

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                To honor the timeless principles enshrined in our 
                Constitution, the Congress has, by joint resolution of 
                February 29, 1952 (36 U.S.C. 106), designated September 
                17 as ``Constitution Day and Citizenship Day'' and 
                authorized the President to issue a proclamation 
                calling on United States officials to display the flag 
                of the United States on all Government buildings on 
                that day. By joint resolution of August 2, 1956 (36 
                U.S.C. 108), the Congress further requested that the 
                President proclaim the week beginning September 17 and 
                ending September 23 of each year as ``Constitution 
                Week.''

                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 September 17, 
                2021, as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, and 
                September 17, 2021, through September 23, 2021, as 
                Constitution Week. On this day and during this week, we 
                celebrate our Constitution and the rights of 
                citizenship that together we enjoy as the people of 
                this proud Nation.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                sixteenth day of September, 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-
                sixth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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