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 Proclamations Proc. 7932 achievements of Hispanic Americans, the Congress, by Public Law 100- 402, as amended, has authorized and requested the President to issue annu- ally a proclamation designating September 15 through October 15 as "Na- tional Hispanic Heritage Month." NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim September 15 through October 15, 2005, as National Hispanic Heritage Month. I call upon public officials, edu- cators, librarians, and all the people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand five, and of the Inde- pendence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirtieth. GEORGE W. BUSH Proclamation 7932 of September 16, 2005 Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Constitution Week, 2005 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation More than two centuries after our Founding Fathers gathered in 1787 in Philadelphia, our Nation continues to be guided by the Constitution they drafted. The Constitution of the United States reflects our ideals and establishes a practical system of government. It provides for three separate branches-- the legislative, the executive, and the judicial--with defined responsibil- ities and with checks and balances among the branches. Under our Con- stitution, both the Federal Government and the State governments advance the will of the people through the people's representatives. To protect the rights of our citizens and maintain the rule of law, Article III of the Con- stitution provides for a judiciary of independent judges who have life ten- ure. These fundamental principles--separation of powers, federalism, and an independent judiciary--have endured, and they have been essential to our Nation's progress toward equal justice and liberty for all. On Constitution Day and Citizenship Day and during Constitution Week, we celebrate the genius of our Constitution and reaffirm our commitment to its stated pur- poses: "to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity." In remembrance of the signing of the Constitution and in recognition of the Americans who strive to uphold the duties and responsibilities of citizen- ship, the Congress, by joint resolution of February 29, 1952 (36 U.S.C. 106, as amended), designated September 17 as "Constitution Day and Citizen- ship Day," and by joint resolution of August 2, 1956 (36 U.S.C. 108, as

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