{"data":{"id":"us/36-u.s.c.-124","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 U.S.C. § 124","heading":"National Freedom Day","body":"The President may issue each year a proclamation designating February 1 as National Freedom Day to commemorate the signing by Abraham Lincoln on February 1, 1865, of the joint resolution adopted by the Senate and the House of Representatives that proposed the 13th amendment to the Constitution.","path":["Title 36—PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS","CHAPTER 1—PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc36@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:24Z","sha256":"38aa701aa5c34f3f77b9e3a30e52fd570cf0561626c539af7ed06c78835e9552","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/36-u.s.c.-123","next":"us/36-u.s.c.-125"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}