diff --git a/presidential-actions/2024-12/2024-12-16-a-proclamation-on-wright-brothers-day-2024.md b/presidential-actions/2024-12/2024-12-16-a-proclamation-on-wright-brothers-day-2024.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..25189f3f --- /dev/null +++ b/presidential-actions/2024-12/2024-12-16-a-proclamation-on-wright-brothers-day-2024.md @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +--- +date: '2024-12-16' +modified_time: 2024-12-16 14:02:24-05:00 +published_time: 2024-12-16 14:02:23-05:00 +source_url: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/12/16/a-proclamation-on-wright-brothers-day-2024/ +tags: presidential-actions +title: "A Proclamation on Wright Brothers Day,\_2024" +--- + +On Wright Brothers Day, we celebrate the bold vision, steadfast +determination, and transformative innovation of Orville and Wilbur +Wright.  Their aircraft, which completed the first sustained, +controlled, and powered flight 121 years ago, forever altered the course +of human history and took our Nation to new heights. + +     The Wright brothers embody the best of America’s grit, heart, and +unstoppable spirit of ingenuity.  Before they took to the skies that +fateful December day, the Wright brothers had spent years conducting +arduous research, redesigns, and dangerous trials.  They were driven by +the belief that what so many had written off as impossible could +actually be done — that sustained, controlled, and powered flight was +possible.  And on the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on +December 17, 1903, they were proven right — their aircraft, the Wright +Flyer, took flight for 12 seconds.  In less than a minute, that one feat +altered our understanding of technological possibilities and human +potential forever, laying the foundation for putting a man on the moon; +breaking the sound barrier; and beginning a new, deeper exploration of +our universe.  + +     My Administration has been committed to building on their legacy of +innovation and advancement.  We have made improvements to modern air +travel — from making airports more accessible through the Bipartisan +Infrastructure Law to making air travel safer.  And we have harnessed +the spirit of American ingenuity in everything we do, like tackling the +climate crisis, working toward ending cancer as we know it, and ensuring +that the technologies of the future will benefit Americans for +generations to come. + +     On Wright Brothers Day, we honor two visionary men from Dayton, +Ohio, who chose to look to the sky with not just wonder but with an +ambition to take Americans where no one had gone before.  Because of +their work, generations of visionary scientists, engineers, and dreamers +and doers have followed in their footsteps, believing that, here in +America, we do big things and nothing is beyond our capacity.  + +     The Congress, by a joint resolution approved December 17, 1963, as +amended (77 Stat. 402; 36 U.S.C. 143), has designated December 17 of +each year as “Wright Brothers Day” and has authorized and requested the +President to issue annually a proclamation inviting the people of the +United States to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies and +activities. + +     NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United +States of America, do hereby proclaim December 17, 2024, as Wright +Brothers Day. + +     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixteenth day +of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-four, and of +the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and +forty-ninth. + +                              JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR. diff --git a/rss.xml b/rss.xml index f0752015..0653c8e3 100644 --- a/rss.xml +++ b/rss.xml @@ -8,11 +8,28 @@ The White House Briefing Room - Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:00:00 -0500 + Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:02:23 -0500 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/ + + + A Proclamation on Wright Brothers Day, 2024 + + + https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/12/16/a-proclamation-on-wright-brothers-day-2024/ + + + Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:02:23 -0500 + + + https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/12/16/a-proclamation-on-wright-brothers-day-2024/ + + + presidential-actions + + Statement from President Joe Biden on the 50th Anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act @@ -506,22 +523,5 @@ presidential-actions </category> </item> - <item> - <title> - Remarks by President Biden at a Christmas For All Dinner in Celebration of Unity, America, and Special Olympics - - - https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/12/11/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-christmas-for-all-dinner-in-celebration-of-unity-america-and-special-olympics/ - - - Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:15:00 -0500 - - - https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/12/11/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-christmas-for-all-dinner-in-celebration-of-unity-america-and-special-olympics/ - - - speeches-remarks - -