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World Freedom Day

U.S. presidential proclamations have designated 9 November as World Freedom Day in specific years to remember the fall of the Berlin Wall and reflect on liberty

Date / rule9 November in cited U.S. presidential proclamations
ScopeUnited States — presidential proclamation history
VerificationGovernment Verified
PortabilityHistorical Legacy
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-07
Target-year policyHistorical Only
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

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

Authority summary

What is World Freedom Day?

U.S. presidential proclamations have designated 9 November as World Freedom Day in specific years to remember the fall of the Berlin Wall and reflect on liberty

Date and recurrence

9 November in cited U.S. presidential proclamations

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 — presidential proclamation history. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

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. GovInfo / Federal Register — World Freedom Day proclamationPresidential Proclamation History
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is World Freedom Day?

9 November in cited U.S. presidential proclamations The stored recurrence guidance is: 9 November appears in specific U.S. presidential proclamations; do not assume a permanent federal observance.

Does World Freedom Day fall on the same date every year?

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

Is World Freedom Day an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: United States — presidential proclamation history. 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 World Freedom Day?

The stored designation basis is: U.S. presidential proclamations have designated 9 November as World Freedom Day in specific years to remember the fall of the Berlin Wall and reflect on liberty. Supporting provenance includes GovInfo / Federal Register — World Freedom Day proclamation. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is World Freedom Day international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: United States — presidential proclamation history. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.

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 2026-09-07.

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