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 PROCLAMATION 5082—AUG. 11, 1983 97 STAT. 1609 dren. We hope for the sound minds in sound bodies that lead to hves of strength and achievement. Through the resources of a health care system second to none, this Nation strives to protect all of our children from preventable diseases, to encour- age behavior that fosters good health, and to treat their episodic illnesses. Unfortunately, some children are burdened with disabilities and chronic ill- nesses and need long-term healing and care. Their ability to thrive and to contribute to society depends on their receiving the kinds of treatment and health care that are available in this country as in few other places on earth. Our task on this Child Health Day, 1983, is to fuse our efforts as parents, volunteers, health professionals, and educators to help all children—par- ticularly those with special health needs—take advantage of opportunities that enable them to heal, to grow, and to achieve everything of which they are capable. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, pursuant to a joint resolution of May 18, 1928, as amended (36 U.S.C. 143), do hereby proclaim Monday, October 3, 1983, as Child Health Day, 1983. I urge all Americans to join me in encouraging good health habits and atti- tudes in our children and invite all citizens and all agencies and organiza- tions interested in child welfare to unite on Child Health Day with appro- priate observances and activities directed toward establishing such prac- tices in the youth of our country. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of Aug., in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and eighth. RONALD REAGAN Proclamation 5082 of August 11, 1983 200th Anniversary of the Signing of the Treaty of Paris By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation On September 3, 1983, we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Paris, which brought our War of Independence from Great Britain to a successful and formal conclusion. When our Founding Fathers boldly declared our independence in 1776, our fledgling Nation began a seven-year struggle for its freedom and survival; at no other time in our history has our security and existence been so severely threatened. Yet we emerged from the Revolutionary War a united and sov- ereign Nation. In the Treaty of Paris, Britain formally acknowledged the independence of the United States of America. This "American Birth Certificate" inaugurat- ed an era of peace for the new Nation which led to the adoption of the Constitution of the United States of America on September 17, 1787. It is only fitting that this Treaty was signed in Paris, the capital of our oldest ally, thereby recognizing the extraordinary role France played in se- 11-194O-85~53:QL3

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