MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., FEDERAL HOLIDAY, 2016 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION   With profound faith in our Nation’s promise, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,…

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  A PROCLAMATION  Since our country’s founding, religious freedom has been heralded as one of our most cherished ideals. The right to practice religion freely has brought immigrants from all over the…

NATIONAL STALKING AWARENESS MONTH, 2016 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Every person deserves to live freely and without the fear of being followed or harassed. Stalking is…

TO MODIFY THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION   1.  On September 9, 2012, leaders of the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic…

WRIGHT BROTHERS DAY, 2015 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The prospect of human flight captured the world’s imagination for centuries.  From the ancient Greeks who marveled at…

BILL OF RIGHTS DAY, 2015 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The ratification of the Bill of Rights on December 15, 1791, marked one of our country’s earliest…

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY AND HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK, 2015 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Sixty-seven years ago, the leaders of 48 countries from around the world declared with…

  150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 13TH AMENDMENT  – – – – – – –  BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  A PROCLAMATION  On December 6, 1865, a coalition comprising three-quarters of our Nation’s States ratified the 13th…

NATIONAL PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY, 2015 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Nearly seven and a half decades ago, as dawn broke over the island of Oahu, bombs…

HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE ATTACK IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION As a mark of respect for the victims of gun violence perpetrated…