PROCLAMATION 6039—OCT. 5, 1989 103 STAT. 3121 Today, the United States continues to look to its veterans as leaders. They have carried their patriotism and concern for others far beyond the battlefield, participating in all levels of government, community groups, charitable organizations and voluntary service programs. Across the country, individual veterans and veterans associations are helping to provide health care for ill and disabled colleagues. They are rallying to join the war on drugs and the campaign for better schools. And they are helping to foster in young people a genuine love of coim- try and a profound sense of personal duty, honor, and civic responsibil- ity. We Americans owe a great debt to all our military veterans, who have shown us—in peacetime as well as times of strife—the value of indi- vidual liberty and free and democratic government. Today, let us renew our determination to keep faith with those who have so faithful- ly served and defended us. We can begin by remembering the cause for which they have labored and by working hard to ensvu'e that their ef- forts have not been made in vain. In order that we may pay due tribute to those who have served in our Armed Forces, the Congress has provided (5 U.S.C. 6103(a)) that No- vember 11 of each year shall be set aside as a legal public holiday to honor America's veterans. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Saturday, November 11, 1989, as Veter- ans Day. I urge all Americans to honor the courage and sacrifice of our veterans through appropriate public ceremonies and private prayers. I also call upon Federal, State, and local government officials to display the flag of the United States and to encourage and participate in patri- otic activities in their communities. I invite civic and fraternal organiza- tions, churches, schools, businesses, imions, and the media to support this national observance with suitable commemorative expressions and programs. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fourteenth. GEORGE BUSH Editorial note: For the President's remarks of Oct. 5, 1989, on signing Proclamation 6038, see the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, (vol. 25, p. 1507). Proclamation 6039 of October 5, 1989 National Children's Day, 1989 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Children are a great and precious blessing. Parents have no greater re- sponsibility than to ensure that the young stranger God brings into their lives is welcomed, loved, nourished, and protected. As a Nation,
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