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This is a presidential proclamation — a formal ceremonial declaration — issued by President Donald Trump on July 2, 2025, and published in the Federal Register on July 8, 2025. It officially designates July 5, 2025 as the 160th Anniversary of the United States Secret Service and calls on Americans to recognize the agency’s service.
A proclamation of this type is symbolic and creates no new law, regulation, funding, or operational directive. It formally marks July 5, 2025 as the commemorative date, corresponding to the day the Secret Service began operations in 1865. The document recounts the agency’s history — originating as a currency-counterfeiting enforcement body under the Treasury Department before taking on presidential protection duties after the 1901 McKinley assassination attempt. No deadlines, penalties, or government programs are created or altered by this action.
The approximately 8,000 Secret Service employees across more than 150 domestic and international offices are the named honorees of the proclamation. The general public is called upon to express gratitude to those employees, but no action is required of any person or organization.