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Military Spouse Appreciation Day

Presidential Proclamation 10576 proclaimed May 12, 2023 as Military Spouse Appreciation Day and called on Americans to honor military spouses.

Date / rule12 May in 2023 proclamation
ScopeUnited States / presidential military-spouse appreciation observance
VerificationFederal Proclamation Edition Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-08
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

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

Authority summary

What is Military Spouse Appreciation Day?

Presidential Proclamation 10576 proclaimed May 12, 2023 as Military Spouse Appreciation Day and called on Americans to honor military spouses.

Date and recurrence

12 May in 2023 proclamation

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is United States / presidential military-spouse appreciation observance. 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 Military Spouse Appreciation Day

Classification

Topic and context

Workplace, Professions & Appreciation →
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.
Provenance

Sources

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  1. GovInfo — Proclamation 10576, Military Spouse Appreciation Day, 2023Presidential Proclamation
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Military Spouse Appreciation Day?

12 May in 2023 proclamation The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: 12 May in 2023 proclamation.

Does Military Spouse Appreciation Day fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is Military Spouse Appreciation Day an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: United States / presidential military-spouse appreciation observance. 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 Military Spouse Appreciation Day?

The stored designation basis is: Presidential Proclamation 10576 proclaimed May 12, 2023 as Military Spouse Appreciation Day and called on Americans to honor military spouses.. Supporting provenance includes GovInfo — Proclamation 10576, Military Spouse Appreciation Day, 2023. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Military Spouse Appreciation Day international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to United States. Its fuller verified scope is: United States / presidential military-spouse appreciation observance.

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 2026-09-08.

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