MEMORIAL DAY, 2026 A PROCLAMATION The greatest fighting force the world has ever known is built upon the extraordinary service of selfless men and women who safeguard our liberty and preserve our way of life. Since the birth of our Nation nearly 250 years ago, countless souls have lost their lives in this noble and righteous pursuit. On Memorial…
NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL WEEKEND, 2026 Proclamations April 30, 2026 This National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend, our Nation honors the brave volunteer and career firefighters who have sacrificed their lives in the line of duty — with special reverence for those we have lost over the past year — whose courage and devotion to their…
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION On December 7, 1941, a peaceful Sunday morning on the Hawaiian island of Oahu was shattered by an unprovoked attack by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan on the United States Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor and the aircraft and…
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION As a mark of respect for the memory of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, West Virginia Army National Guard, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the…
HONORING THE MEMORY OF FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT RICHARD CHENEY 46th Vice President of the United States, serving under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009. At this time a presidential proclamation has not been posted. The former politician and businessman died at age 84 on Nov. 3 while surrounded by family, his relatives reported. Cheney…
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION September 11, 2001, will forever live in the collective consciousness of those who witnessed four commercial jetliners converted into weapons of terror to target innocent Americans on a beautiful Tuesday morning in September, 24 years ago. At 8:46 a.m., the first plane — Flight…
