Presidential Proclamations: October 2017

Unless otherwise noted, none of the proclamations listed below contain any new initiatives or policy decisions.  October seems to have been a rather busy month.

• Proclamation 9669: National Native American Heritage Month, 2017, issued on October 31, 2017.
• Proclamation 9668: National Family Caregivers Month, 2017, issued on October 31, 2017.
• Proclamation 9667: National Entrepreneurship Month, 2017, issued on October 31, 2017.
• Proclamation 9666: National Adoption Month, 2017, issued on October 31, 2017.
• Proclamation 9665: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, 2017, issued on October 31, 2017.  I truly wish John Oliver would do an bit using some of the text out of this proclamation.
• Proclamation 9664: United Nations Day, 2017, issued on October 23, 2017.  I do find it ironic to read praises about the UN from this administration given how inward looking it is and I was sure that at some point during the campaign, there was a promise made to get out of the UN or at least rescind on payment of dues.  But I might be wrong and it was a different candidate going on about that.
• Proclamation 9663: Minority Enterprise Development Week, 2017, issued on October 20, 2017.
• Proclamation 9662: Blind Americans Equality Day, 2017, issued on October 13, 2017, as required by law.  I am not sure that I see the point.
• Proclamation 9661: National Forest Products Week, 2017, issued on October 13, 2017, as required by law.
• Proclamation 9660: National Character Counts Week, 2017, issued on October 13, 2017.  And I have to agree, you need characters because without them, TV is very boring.
• Proclamation 9659: National Energy Awareness Month, 2017, issued on October 12, 2017.  This seems to have been issued a bit late.
• Proclamation 9658: General Pulaski Memorial Day, 2017, issued on October 10, 2017.  This seems to be a little obscure.
• Proclamation 9657: Leif Erikson Day, 2017, issued on October 6, 2017, as required by law.
• Proclamation 9656: Columbus Day, 2017, issued on October 6, 2017, as required by law.
• Proclamation 9655: National Manufacturing Day, 2017, issued on October 6, 2017.
• Proclamation 9654: National School Lunch Week, 2017, issued on October 6, 2017, as required by law.
• Proclamation 9653, Fire Prevention Week, 2017, issued on October 6, 2017, additionally, it orders that flags be flown at half-mast on Sunday, October 8th, 2017 as required by law.
• Proclamation 9652, German-American Day, 2017, issued on October 5, 2017.
• Proclamation 9651, Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Las Vegas, Nevada, issued on October 2, 2017.  This proclamation orders that the flag be flown at half-mast.