World Freedom Day (United States)
{{Short description|US federal observance, November 9}}
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World Freedom Day is a United States federal observance declared by then-President George W. Bush to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe. It started in 2001 and is celebrated on November 9.{{cite news|last1=Office of the Press Secretary|author-link=White House Office of the Press Secretary|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/11/20011109-23.html|title=President George W. Bush Proclaims November 9, 2001, as World Freedom Day|location=Washington, D.C.|language=en|date=November 9, 2001|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=November 12, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/11/15/01-28804/world-freedom-day-2001|title=World Freedom Day, 2001|work=Federal Register|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|location=Washington, D.C.|date=November 9, 2001|access-date=November 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124203317/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/11/15/01-28804/world-freedom-day-2001|archive-date=November 24, 2016}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2001-11-15/pd1-28804.pdf Alt URL]
History
For this occasion, conservative youth groups such as Young America's Foundation{{cite web |url=http://www.yaf.org/featuredstory.aspx |title=Young America's Foundation - Featured Story |website=www.yaf.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831021034/http://www.yaf.org/FeaturedStory.aspx |archive-date=2009-08-31}} and the College Republicans urge students to commemorate this day (which they mark as the start of "Freedom Week," thus including Veterans Day) by "celebrating victory over communism" through provocative flyer campaigns and activism projects.Reuters / PRNewswire-USNewswire. [https://archive.today/20120912003303/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS187875+05-Nov-2009+PRN20091105 Freedom Week: Young America's Foundation Celebrates 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall]. Young America's Foundation, Herdon, VA. November 5, 2009. Many conservative political commentators and activists use World Freedom Day as an occasion in which to acclaim President Ronald Reagan, whom they regard as being responsible for the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.{{citation needed|date=October 2011}}
Observances
On November 9, 2005, President Bush proclaimed November 9 as World Freedom Day.{{cite news|last1=Office of the Press Secretary|author-link=White House Office of the Press Secretary|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/11/20051109-8.html|title=President George W. Bush Proclaims November 9, 2005, as World Freedom Day|location=Washington, D.C.|language=en|date=November 9, 2005|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=November 12, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/11/15/05-22743/world-freedom-day-2005|title=World Freedom Day, 2005|work=Federal Register|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|location=Washington, D.C.|date=November 9, 2005|access-date=November 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113112812/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/11/15/05-22743/world-freedom-day-2005|archive-date=November 13, 2017}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2005-11-15/pdf/05-22743.pdf Alt URL] On November 8, 2016, President Barack Obama proclaimed World Freedom Day as November 9, 2016.{{cite news|last1=Office of the Press Secretary|author-link=White House Office of the Press Secretary|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/11/08/presidential-proclamation-world-freedom-day-2016|title=President Barack Obama Proclaims November 9, 2016, as World Freedom Day|location=Washington, D.C.|language=en|date=November 8, 2016|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=November 12, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/11/14/2016-27496/world-freedom-day-2016|title=World Freedom Day, 2016|work=Federal Register|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|location=Washington, D.C.|date=November 9, 2005|access-date=November 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115140912/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/11/14/2016-27496/world-freedom-day-2016|archive-date=November 15, 2016}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-11-14/pdf/2016-27496.pdf Alt URL] On November 8, 2017, President Donald Trump proclaimed November 9, 2017, as World Freedom Day.{{cite news|last1=Office of the Press Secretary|author-link=White House Office of the Press Secretary|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/11/08/president-donald-j-trump-proclaims-november-9-2017-world-freedom-day|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109141505/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/11/08/president-donald-j-trump-proclaims-november-9-2017-world-freedom-day|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 9, 2017|title=President Donald J. Trump Proclaims November 9, 2017, as World Freedom Day|work=whitehouse.gov|publisher=White House|location=Washington, D.C.|language=en|date=November 8, 2017|access-date=November 12, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/11/14/2017-24807/world-freedom-day-2017|title=World Freedom Day, 2017|work=Federal Register|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|location=Washington, D.C.|date=November 8, 2017|access-date=November 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114125149/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/11/14/2017-24807/world-freedom-day-2017|archive-date=November 14, 2017}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-11-14/pdf/2017-24807.pdf Alt URL]
See also
References
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External links
- [https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/11/20011109-23.html First Proclamation]
- [http://www.hoover.org/publications/digest/4482836.html Hoover Institution Description]
- [http://www.americasfuture.net/1998/nov98/98-1108a.html America's Future Endorsement]
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