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 112 STAT. 1262 PUBLIC LAW 105-225—AUG. 12, 1998 (3) inviting the communications media, health care professions, and other agencies and individuals concerned with programs for the improvement of vision to unite during Save Your Vision Week in public activities to convince the people of the United States of the importance of vision to their welfare and the welfare of the United States; and (4) urging the media, health care professions, and other agencies and individuals to support programs to improve and protect the vision of the people of the United States. §139. Steelmark Month (a) DESIGNATION. — May is Steelmark Month. (b) PURPOSE. —Steelmark Month recognizes the tremendous contribution made by the steel industry in the United States to national security and defense. (c) PROCLAMATION. —The President is requested to issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe Steelmark Month with appropriate ceremonies and activities. § 140. Stephen Foster Memorial Day The President may issue each year a proclamation— (1) designating January 13 as Stephen Foster Memorial Day; and (2) calling on the people of the United States to observe Stephen Foster Memorial Day with appropriate ceremonies, pilgrimages to his shrines, and musical programs featuring his compositions. §141. Thomas Jefferson's birthday The President shall issue each year a proclamation— (1) calling on officials of the United States Government to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on April 13; and (2) inviting the people of the United States to observe April 13 in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies in commemoration of Thomas Jef- ferson's birthday. §142. White Cane Safety Day The President may issue each year a proclamation— (1) designating October 15 as White Cane Safety Day; and (2) calling on the people of the United States to observe White Cane Safety Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. §143. Wright Brothers Day (a) DESIGNATION. —December 17 is Wright Brothers Day. (b) PURPOSE.— Wright Brothers Day commemorates the first successful flights in a heavier than air, mechanically propelled airplane, that were made by Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. (c) PROCLAMATION,—The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation inviting the people of the United States to observe Wright Brothers Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

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