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National Single Parent Day: March 21, 2024
National Single Parent Day: March 21, 2024
Press Release Number: CB24-SFS.36
From congress.gov - Public Law 98-240, 98th Congress:
Joint Resolution, Designating March 21, 1984, as "National Single Parent Day".
“Whereas in the past, single parent families have not always been an accepted part of society;
“Whereas single parents have struggled courageously to raise their children to a healthy maturity, with the full sense of being loved and accepted is persons, and with the same prospects for adulthood as children who mature with their two parents together; and
“Whereas it is time to recognize the courage and dedication of these parents who work to maintain strong family units and to be responsible members of American society: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That March 21, 1984, is designated ‘National Single Parent Day’.”
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