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Frozen Food Day, 1984

Congress designated March 6, 1984 as Frozen Food Day and President Ronald Reagan issued Proclamation 5157 for that specific date. The U.S. Census Bureau has subsequently referenced Frozen Food Day on March 6 in modern editorial material, but the original federal designation was not written as a perpetual annual holiday.

Date / rule6 March 1984 federal designation; modern March 6 usage is a legacy convention
ScopeUnited States / 1984 congressional-presidential designation
VerificationFederal Historical 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 Frozen Food Day, 1984?

Congress designated March 6, 1984 as Frozen Food Day and President Ronald Reagan issued Proclamation 5157 for that specific date. The U.S. Census Bureau has subsequently referenced Frozen Food Day on March 6 in modern editorial material, but the original federal designation was not written as a perpetual annual holiday.

Date and recurrence

6 March 1984 federal designation; modern March 6 usage is a legacy convention

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 / 1984 congressional-presidential designation. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

National Frozen Food Day

Classification

Topic and context

Food, Drink & Hospitality →
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.
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  • Historical Context Only.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. GovInfo — Proclamation 5157, Frozen Food Day 1984Federal Primary
  2. U.S. Census Bureau — Frozen Food Month 2024Federal Agency
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Frozen Food Day, 1984?

6 March 1984 federal designation; modern March 6 usage is a legacy convention The stored recurrence guidance is: Historical federal date: 6 March 1984; verify any present-year recurrence claim separately.

Does Frozen Food Day, 1984 fall on the same date every year?

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

Is Frozen Food Day, 1984 an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: United States / 1984 congressional-presidential designation. 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 Frozen Food Day, 1984?

The stored designation basis is: Congress designated March 6, 1984 as Frozen Food Day and President Ronald Reagan issued Proclamation 5157 for that specific date. The U.S. Census Bureau has subsequently referenced Frozen Food Day on March 6 in modern editorial material, but the original federal designation was not written as a perpetual annual holiday.. Supporting provenance includes GovInfo — Proclamation 5157, Frozen Food Day 1984. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Frozen Food Day, 1984 international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to United States. Its fuller verified scope is: United States / 1984 congressional-presidential designation.

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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