---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 124"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "124"
heading: "National Freedom Day"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/124"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies"
  - "Part A — Observances and Ceremonies"
  - "Chapter 1 — Patriotic and National Observances"
---

# §124. National Freedom Day


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.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1259.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 124 | 36:156. | June 30, 1948, ch. 755, 62 Stat. 1150. |