36 USC § 124 - National Freedom Day
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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s124"
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title: "36 USC § 124 - National Freedom Day"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "124"
section_name: "National Freedom Day"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Observances and Ceremonies"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1259.)"
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# § 124. National Freedom Day
February 1, 1865
The President may issue each year a proclamation designating February 1 as National Freedom Day to commemorate the signing by Abraham Lincoln on , of the joint resolution adopted by the Senate and the House of Representatives that proposed the 13th amendment to the Constitution.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1259.)
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 124 | 36:156. | June 30, 1948, ch. 755, 62 Stat. 1150. |