Irish-American Heritage Month, 2023, 13293-13294 [2023-04545]

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 42 (Friday, March 3, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 13293-13294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04545]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 42 / Friday, March 3, 2023 / 
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                Proclamation 10525 of February 28, 2023

                
Irish-American Heritage Month, 2023

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During Irish-American Heritage Month, I think of my 
                great-great grandparents--the Blewitts of County Mayo 
                and the Finnegans of County Louth. Like so many other 
                Irish immigrants who sought a new beginning in the 
                United States, they arrived on our shores with hearts 
                full of hope and dreams of the future. With grit and 
                determination, they worked hard. And as they built 
                their lives, they helped build America--never 
                forgetting where they came from, always remembering the 
                courage and pride they brought with them from the old 
                country, and passing these traits down to each new 
                generation.

                That pride lives on today in the hearts of Irish 
                Americans across our Nation. It lives on in business 
                owners, scientists, and labor leaders who hold dear the 
                Irish belief that everyone deserves to be treated with 
                dignity. And it runs deep in so many first responders, 
                public servants, and brave service members who defend 
                our lives and liberties--the same liberties that so 
                many Irish immigrants and Irish Americans helped 
                preserve and protect.

                President John F. Kennedy once said, ``Our two nations, 
                divided by distance, have been united by history.'' 
                Today, the Republic of Ireland and the United States 
                are also bound in our hope for the future--a future 
                that is equal, just, and prosperous for all of our 
                people. Together, our nations have stepped up to 
                address COVID-19 and the climate crisis. We have spoken 
                out for human rights around the world and supported the 
                people of Ukraine as they defend themselves against 
                Russia's brutal war. And this year, we commemorate the 
                25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement that 
                helped create a more peaceful and prosperous future for 
                the people of Northern Ireland.

                Ireland and the United States are forever bound 
                together by our people and our passion. Everything 
                between us runs deep. In the years ahead, I look 
                forward to strengthening the partnership between our 
                countries and the friendship between our people even 
                further.

                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 March 2023 as 
                Irish-American Heritage Month. I call upon all 
                Americans to celebrate the achievements and 
                contributions of Irish Americans to our Nation with 
                appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of 
                the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                seventh.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2023-04545
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