PROCLAMATION 6042—OCT. 10, 1989 103 STAT. 3125 In honor of Leif Erikson and the heritage of America's Nordic people, the Congress, by joint resolution approved on September 2, 1964 (78 Stat. 849, 36 U.S.C. 169c}, has authorized the President to proclaim Oc- tober 9 of each year as "Leif Erikson Day." NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim October 9, 1989, as Leif Erikson Day, and I direct the appropriate government officials to display the flag of the United States on all government buildings on that day. I also invite the people of the United States to honor Leif Erikson and om- Nordic- American heritage by holding appropriate exercises and ceremonies in suitable places throughout our land. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth 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 him- dred and fourteenth. GEORGE BUSH Proclamation 6042 of October 10, 1989 National School Lunch Week, 1989 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation For more than 4 decades, the National School Lunch Program has helped to promote the health and well-being of the Nation's schoolchil- dren. Since 1946, the cooperative efforts of State governments and local communities have brought needed Federal food assistance to children throughout the United States. Each day, more than 22 million students in over 90,000 schools receive nutritious, well-balanced lujiches though this effective program. Parents, teachers, school officials, community leaders, food service spe- cialists, and the students themselves have all played important roles in supporting the program and contributing to its improvement. National School Lunch Week provides all of us with the opportunity to acknowl- edge their efforts, as well as the vision and concern of the many per- sons associated with the program throughout the years. Their dedica- tion and cooperation have been A^tal to the program's success. By joint resolution approved October 9, 1962 (Public Law 87-780], the Congress designated the week beginning on the second Simday of Oc- tober in each year as "National School Lunch Week" and requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of that week. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning October 8, 1989, as National School Lunch Week, and I call upon all Americans to recog- nize those individuals at the State and local levels whose efforts con- tribute so much to the success of this valuable program. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-nine.
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