418th Anniversary of the First Landing and the Raising of the Cape Henry Cross

What Proclamation 2025-07834 says

Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 84 (Friday, May 2, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 84 (Friday, May 2, 2025)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 18905-18906] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-07834] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 90 , No. 84 / Friday, May 2, 2025 / Presidential Documents [[Page 18905]] Proclamation 10926 of April 29, 2025 418th Anniversary of the First Landing and the Raising of the Cape Henry Cross By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Four hundred and eighteen years ago, more than 100 men completed a grueling 144-day voyage from the countryside of England to the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in search of opportunity in the New World. Commissioned by King James I and the Virginia Company of London, these intrepid settlers charted three small ships--the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery--to set sail on a perilous journey across the Atlantic to expand the reach of the English Crown into unknown lands, create a better future for their families, and further the ``Glory of His Divine Majesty.'' Known as the ``First Landing,'' the seeds of America's destiny were sown when this courageous band of Christians erected a towering wooden cross at the crest of Cape Henry, Virginia. Under the First Charter of Virginia, which commissioned the...

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