[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 25, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 10575-10576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03132]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 36 / Tuesday, February 25, 2025 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10897 of February 17, 2025

                
President George Washington's Birthday, 2025

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Today, our Nation commemorates the Father of our 
                country, the patriarch of our freedom, and a timeless 
                exemplar of valor and virtue: the first President of 
                the United States, George Washington. On President 
                Washington's Birthday, we honor his heroic legacy and 
                steadfast love of country.

                As our Nation's first chief executive, President 
                Washington was a key architect of our Federal 
                Government and constitutional order. He was a visionary 
                unifier, a fierce advocate for an America First foreign 
                policy, and a man of devout faith. To this day, he 
                lives on in our souls as the original American patriot, 
                the face of the American Revolution, and a legendary 
                titan of American liberty.

                Through his presidency, private life, and personal 
                conduct, George Washington was a model of public 
                service and a living reminder that no challenge is too 
                great for the strength of the American spirit.

                In the winter of 1776, with the Revolutionary War 
                raging and the Continental Army on the verge of 
                collapse, General Washington refused to surrender. Low 
                on supplies and teetering on the edge of defeat, he 
                carried on, writing ``Victory or Death'' before 
                departing for battle. In the waning hours of Christmas 
                night, Washington's Continental Army ventured through 
                miles of ice-cold darkness with nothing but patriotism 
                in their hearts, courage in their veins, and faith in 
                their God--going on to defeat the enemy and forever 
                change the course of history.

                President Washington's unflinching devotion to the 
                common good remains the mandate of every American 
                citizen. As my Administration continues the work of 
                reforming our country, we look to George Washington, 
                the sacrifices he made, and the victories he won.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim February 17, 2025, as 
                a reserved holiday commemorating George Washington's 
                Birthday.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                seventeenth day of February, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of 
                the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                ninth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2025-03132
Filed 2-24-25; 8:45 am]
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