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Presidential Proclamation -- National Child's Day, 2012: November 20, 2012 () 303 Presidential Proclamation -- Thanksgiving Day, 2012: November 20, 2012 () 304 Presidential Memorandum -- National Insider Threat Policy and Minimum Standards for Executive Branch Insider Threat Programs: November 21, 2012 () 305
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.
Listed below are executive orders numbered 13489–13764 and presidential memoranda signed by U.S. President Barack Obama (2009-2017). There are an additional 1186 presidential proclamations that are not included here, but some of which are on WikiSource. The signing statements made by Obama during his time in office have been archived here.
On Nov. 26, 2014, President Barack Obama pardoned two turkeys, Virgil and Homer, from Cooper Farms in Fort Recovery, Ohio. The near-50-pound turkeys were spared from a Thanksgiving Day feast and ...
Presidential Thanksgiving proclamations are always a reflection of the office, the country and the stakes of the given cultural moment
Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of every November, based on an act of Congress in 1941.
The National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation is a ceremony that takes place at the White House every year shortly before Thanksgiving. The president of the United States is presented with a live domestic turkey by the National Turkey Federation (NTF), usually a male of the Broad Breasted White variety. The early years also included a joint ...
After James Madison, none of the next eleven presidents issued prayer proclamations. [22] Thus, there was a period of 47 years, from 1815 to 1862, with no presidential prayer proclamations. [23] President Abraham Lincoln resumed the practice in 1863, declaring April 30 a national day of humiliation, fasting and prayer in Proclamation 97. [24]