The Forum is broken into several different categories, including General Chit Chat.
Within General Chit Chat is a thread called “What are y’all up to?”
Now that’s a fine, fair & legitimate question, but the thread itself has morphed into a giant General Chit Chat! There are so many different topics covered in that single thread it’s difficult to keep track of much of it.
Maybe it’s time for that thread to die and folks can go back to posting a specific topic in a specific category so the rest of us can keep up with you.
Oh yeah, Happy Father’s Day… Proclamation 4127:
"Still it has long been our national custom to observe each year one special Sunday in honor of America’s fathers; and from this year forward, by a joint resolution of the Congress approved April 24, 1972, that custom carries the weight of law.
This is fitting and good. Let each American make this Father’s Day an occasion for renewal of the love and gratitude we bear to our fathers, increasing and enduring through all the years.
Now, Therefore, I, Richard Nixon , President of the United States of America, do hereby request that June 18, 1972, be observed as Father’s Day. I direct Government officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings, and I urge all citizens to display the flag at their homes and other suitable places on that day."
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-4127-fathers-day
And every president since then -
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, in accordance with a joint resolution of the Congress approved April 24, 1972, as amended (36 U.S.C. 109), do hereby proclaim June 21, 2015, as Father’s Day. I direct the appropriate officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on this day, and I call upon all citizens to observe this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, in accordance with a joint resolution of the Congress approved April 24, 1972, as amended (36 U.S.C. 109), do hereby proclaim June 16, 2019, as Father’s Day. I call on United States Government officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on Father’s Day and invite State and local governments and the people of the United States to observe Father’s Day with appropriate ceremonies.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, in accordance with a joint resolution of the Congress approved April 24, 1972, as amended (36 U.S.C. 109), do hereby proclaim June 18, 2023, as Father’s Day. I direct the appropriate officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on this day. Let us honor our fathers, living and deceased, and show them the love and gratitude they deserve."
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/06/16/a-proclamation-on-fathers-day-2023/
Yes, I left out several presidents since Nixon, but surprisingly, they all said pretty much the same thing.
. That’s a good summary of my guitar lessons.
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