250th Anniversary of the Founding of the United States Navy

What Proclamation 2025-19586 says

Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 198 (Thursday, October 16, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 198 (Thursday, October 16, 2025)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 48333-48334] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-19586] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 198 / Thursday, October 16, 2025 / Presidential Documents [[Page 48333]] Proclamation 10982 of October 10, 2025 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the United States Navy By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Two hundred and fifty years ago, the rising tide of revolution surged from land to sea when the Second Continental Congress established what would ultimately become the United States Navy--the mightiest, most lethal, and most legendary maritime fighting force ever conceived. Today, we honor the Navy's epic role in safeguarding our sovereignty and projecting our power beyond our coasts. We salute the Navy's indispensable role throughout every chapter of our national story. Above all, we pay tribute to the generations of gallant Sailors who have fearlessly lived by those timeless words: Non sibi sed patriae--Not for self, but for country. Nearly 6 months after the American Revolution erupted into open fire at the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the path to independence remained long and uncertain. Following...

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