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This is Proclamation 10928, a ceremonial presidential proclamation signed May 1, 2025, designating that date as both Loyalty Day and Law Day, U.S.A. It is issued under the existing authority of Public Law 87-20, which has required an annual Law Day proclamation since 1961. The document makes no new law and grants no new powers.
Nothing changes in a legal or regulatory sense — this is a recurring annual observance, not a policy action. The proclamation formally designates May 1, 2025, as the named observance days for that calendar year only. It calls on Americans to display the U.S. flag on that day and urges government officials to fly the flag on all government buildings and grounds. It includes remarks contrasting the current administration’s stated approach to federal law enforcement with that of the prior administration, but those remarks carry no legal effect. The historical practice of Loyalty Day dates to a 1955 Eisenhower proclamation; Law Day has been a statutory annual observance since 1961.
All Americans are addressed as the intended audience for the day’s reflection and flag display, though compliance is voluntary for the public. Federal, state, and local government officials are specifically urged (not required) to display the U.S. flag on government buildings on May 1, 2025.