For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
April 19, 2005
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2005
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
As we enjoy the great freedoms of our country, we are mindful of
our obligation to pass on to our children the values that sustain our
liberty and our democracy. On Education and Sharing Day, we reaffirm
our commitment to teach young people the lessons they need to preserve
and strengthen our Nation, and to reach as far as their vision and
character can take them.
Education and Sharing Day honors the memory of Rabbi Menachem
Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, who established education and
outreach centers that offer social services and humanitarian aid around
the world. Commemorating his life and legacy teaches the next
generation that a single life of conscience and purpose can touch and
lift up many lives. By helping to heal a broken heart, surrounding a
friend with love, feeding the hungry, or providing shelter for the
homeless, we can change America for the better, one heart, one soul,
and one conscience at a time.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States
of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution
and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 20, 2005, as
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A. I call upon all our citizens to
dedicate their time and talents to help our rising generation grow into
caring and responsible adults.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day
of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand five, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-ninth.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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