; and Whereas the goals of Gold Star Father’s Day on November 9 are to— (1) honor and celebrate fathers who have lost children in service to the United States; (2) honor fathers of fallen members of the Armed Forces and recognize that they, as parents, have experienced extraordinary and unimaginable loss; (3) recognize the need to support families of members of the Armed Forces throughout the United States; and (4) honor the courage of fathers who understand the true price of freedom and now face Father’s Day without their child or children: Now, therefore, be it