36 U.S.C. § 124 : US Code - Section 124: National Freedom Day

Search 36 U.S.C. § 124 : US Code - Section 124: National Freedom Day

The President may issue each year a proclamation designating
February 1 as National Freedom Day to commemorate the signing by
Abraham Lincoln on February 1, 1865, of the joint resolution
adopted by the Senate and the House of Representatives that
proposed the 13th amendment to the Constitution.