{"identifier":"/us/usc/t36/s116","title":36,"num":"\u00a7\u202f116.","heading":"Memorial Day","text":"\u00a7\u202f116.\nMemorial Day\n(a)\nDesignation.\u2014\nThe last Monday in May is Memorial Day.\n(b)\nProclamation.\u2014\nThe President is requested to issue each year a proclamation\u2014\n(1) calling on the people of the United States to observe Memorial Day by praying, according to their individual religious faith, for permanent peace;\n(2) designating a period of time on Memorial Day during which the people may unite in prayer for a permanent peace;\n(3) calling on the people of the United States to unite in prayer at that time; and\n(4) calling on the media to join in observing Memorial Day and the period of prayer.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t36/s116.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t36/s116","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f116."},{"t":"heading","text":"Memorial Day"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t36/s116/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Designation.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The last Monday in May is Memorial Day.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t36/s116/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Proclamation.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s116/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" calling on the people of the United States to observe Memorial Day by praying, according to their individual religious faith, for permanent peace;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s116/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" designating a period of time on Memorial Day during which the people may unite in prayer for a permanent peace;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s116/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" calling on the people of the United States to unite in prayer at that time; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s116/b/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" calling on the media to join in observing Memorial Day and the period of prayer.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}