§ 124.
National Freedom Day
The President may issue each year a proclamation designating February 1 as National Freedom Day to commemorate the signing by Abraham Lincoln on
February 1, 1865
, of the joint resolution adopted by the Senate and the House of Representatives that proposed the 13th amendment to the Constitution.Notes
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Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
124 | 36:156. | June 30, 1948, ch. 755, 62 Stat. 1150. |