PROCLAMATION 6065—NOV. 9, 1989 103 STAT. 3155 The contributions and the sacrifices of the women who have served in our Armed Forces merit the respect and admiration of the people of the United States. Thus, it is most fitting that we set aside a special time to honor our women veterans. In grateful recognition of the women who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States, the Congress, by House Joint Resolution 35, has designated the week beginning November 5, 1989, as "National Women Veterans Recognition Week" and has authorized and request- ed the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this event. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning November 5, 1989, as National Women Veterans Recognition Week. I call upon the people of the United States to observe the week with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two him- dred and fourteenth. GEORGE BUSH PTOclamation 6065 of November 9, 1989 Washington Centennial Day, 1989 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation On November 11, 1889, Elisha P. Ferry, the first Governor of Washing- ton State, received a telegram from President Benjamin Harrison an- nouncing that Washington had become the 42nd State in the Union. A story in the Tacoma Daily News the following day reflected the pride and joy felt by the people of the new State: Occupying, as it does, the very richest section of the whole country, with its wealth of inland shores lined with timber enough to supply the world, with its rich veins of valuable ores, with its valuable agricultural lands and its unparalleled scenery for beauty and gran- deyji, combined with its unequalled climate, it starts out on its life of statehood with not only the eyes of this land, but the whole world upon it. The area now known as Washington State had been inhabited by Native Americans for thousands of years. However, it was not tmtil Captain Cook explored the region in 1778 and returned with tales of its land, timber, and fur that it became known to the rest of the world. More explorers followed Cook's path, and, in 1804, the yoimg United States of America sent out an expedition led by Lewis and Clark to explore the area. In subsequent years, missionaries and pioneers jour- neyed across the continent to settle in the fertile territory charted by Lewis and Clark, beginning a process of growth and discovery that has continued to this day. In 1889, Washington State was home to 350,000 people—fewer people than currently live in Seattle, now its largest city. During the past 100 years, the State has grown to a population of more than 4 million. Today's residents, like the pioneers before them, have been able stew-
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