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U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day

A White House presidential proclamation designated Friday, March 1, 2002 as U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day pursuant to congressional authorization; the cited authority does not establish a perpetual annual holiday.

Date / rule1 March 2002 historical designation
ScopeUnited States / one-time presidential memorial designation authorized by Congress
VerificationPresidential Proclamation One Time Designation Verified
PortabilityHistorical Legacy
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyHistorical Only
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day?

A White House presidential proclamation designated Friday, March 1, 2002 as U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day pursuant to congressional authorization; the cited authority does not establish a perpetual annual holiday.

Date and recurrence

1 March 2002 historical designation

This is retained as historical or legacy evidence. The site does not assume that the observance still recurs today.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is United States / one-time presidential memorial designation authorized by Congress. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day

Classification

Topic and context

Civic, Remembrance & History →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Historical Context Only.
  • Remembrance Civic Context Care.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. George W. Bush White House Archive — U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day proclamationPresidential Archive
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day?

1 March 2002 historical designation The stored recurrence guidance is: Historical one-time designation: 1 March 2002.

Does U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day fall on the same date every year?

The record is historical/legacy and is not treated as a currently recurring annual date.

Is U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: United States / one-time presidential memorial designation authorized by Congress. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day?

The stored designation basis is: A White House presidential proclamation designated Friday, March 1, 2002 as U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day pursuant to congressional authorization; the cited authority does not establish a perpetual annual holiday.. Supporting provenance includes George W. Bush White House Archive — U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day proclamation. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to United States. Its fuller verified scope is: United States / one-time presidential memorial designation authorized by Congress.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.

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