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Listed below are the presidential proclamations signed by United States President Joe Biden, beginning with Proclamation 10140. As of November 14, 2024, President Biden has signed 719 presidential proclamations.
The policy of issuing proclamations calling for the observance of special days or events is in 1 CFR Section 19.4, which allows for the responsibility for the preparation and presentation of proposed proclamations calling for the observance of special days, or events to the Director of Management and Budget to such agencies as deemed appropriate.
[9] President Biden's annual proclamation in 2024 began, "On June 19, 1865, freedom finally came for the 250,000 enslaved people of Texas. That day, which would become known as Juneteenth, the Army arrived to enforce what had already been the law of the land for two and a half years—the Emancipation Proclamation". [10]
Lincoln wasn't the first president to issue a Thanksgiving proclamation — George Washington did so in 1789. While later presidents failed to maintain the tradition, it was Washington’s ...
With President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 proclamation, Thanksgiving became regularly celebrated on the last Thursday in November, USA TODAY reports. The last Thursday in November 1939 fell on the ...
At the height of the Civil War, Lincoln issued a proclamation to urge Americans to celebrate their blessings. Thanksgiving has been a tradition since. 'The blessing of fruitful fields and ...
Thanksgiving proclamations were made mostly by church ... formalized through an 1863 presidential proclamation by ... on 17 December 2024, ...
The first proclamation on the way to becoming the United States was issued by John Hancock as President of the Continental Congress as a day of fasting on March 16, 1776. [12] The first national Thanksgiving was celebrated on December 18, 1777, and the Continental Congress issued National Thanksgiving Day proclamations each year between 1778 ...