US Presidential Messages on Important Birthdays and Anniversaries

Below are links to brief, written messages by President Donald Trump honoring the actions of role models for us all.

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          Leif Erikson

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          Christopher Columbus

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          418th Anniversary of the First Landing and the Raising of the Cape Henry Cross, April 29, 1607

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          406th Anniversary of the First Representative Legislative Assembly in America, July 30, 1619

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          The Birthday of Benjamin Franklin, January 17, 1706

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          The Birthday of John Jay, December 12, 1745, First Chief Justice of the United States

          260th Anniversary of the Formation of the Sons of Liberty, Aug. 14, 1765

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          255th Anniversary of the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770

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          250th Anniversary of Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death!” Speech, March 23, 1775

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          250th Anniversary of Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride, April 18, 1775

[ Read the SemperVerus article, 250th Anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord for American Independence ]

          250th Anniversary of the First Convening of the Second Continental Congress, May 10, 1775

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          250th Anniversary of the Founding of the United States Army, June 14, 1775

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          250th Anniversary of the Founding of the United States Navy, October 13, 1775

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          250th Anniversary of the Founding of the United States Marine Corps, November 10, 1775

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          249th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

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          Battle of Trenton, December 26, 1776

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          244th Anniversary of General Cornwallis’s Surrender at Yorktown, Oct. 19, 1781

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          National Purple Heart Day, August 7, 1782

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          President George Washington

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          Anniversary of the Ratification of the 1783 Treaty of Paris, January 14, 1784

          Religious Freedom Day, January 16, 1786

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          National Day of Thanksgiving, November 26, 1789

          President John Adams

          Bill of Rights Day, Officially Ratified December 15, 1791

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          211th Anniversary of the Battle of Chippawa, July 5, 1814

          Anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815

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          President Andrew Jackson

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          Susan B. Anthony

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          Anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine, December 2, 1823

          Mark Twain’s 190th Birthday, November 30, 1835

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          Birthday of President William McKinley, January 29, 1843

          Anniversary of Our Victory in the Mexican-American War, February 2, 1848

          162nd Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 1863

          Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863

          Anniversary of the Ratification of the 13th Amendment, December 6, 1865

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          160th Anniversary of the United States Secret Service, April 14, 1865

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          National Pledge of Allegiance Day, December 28, 1892

          President Theodore Roosevelt

          Anniversary of our Victory in the Spanish-American War, December 10, 1898

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          Wright Brothers Day, December 17, 1903

          235th Birthday of the United States Coast Guard, January 28, 1915

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          Armenian Remembrance Day, April 24, 1915

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          Victory Day for World War I, November 11, 1918

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          Birthday of General George C. Marshall, Jr.

          National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, December 7, 1941

          83rd Anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea, May 4, 1942

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          83rd Anniversary of the Battle of Midway, June 4, 1942

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          83rd Anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal, August 7, 1942

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          81st Anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944

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          81st Anniversary of the Liberation of Guam, July 21, 1944

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          Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, December 16, 1944

          International Holocaust Remembrance Day

          80th Anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa, June 22, 1945

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          78th Birthday of the United States Air Force, September 18, 1947

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          President Dwight D. Eisenhower

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          National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, July 27, 1953

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          Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday

          National Astronaut Day, May 5, 1961

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          Space Exploration Day, July 20, 1969

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          National Sanctity of Human Life Day

          Anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, January 28, 1986

          35th Anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, April 24, 1990

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          Sixth Birthday of the United States Space Force, December 20, 2019

          National Day of Patriotic Devotion, January 20, 2026

          Anti-Communism Week

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          National Black History Month

          National Day of Prayer

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          Saint Patrick’s Day

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          Ash Wednesday

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          Holy Week

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          Pentecost

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          Global Coptic Day

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          Yom Kippur

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          All Saints’ Day

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          Christmas

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          Epiphany

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