President Trump has officially declared the day of his inauguration a national day of patriotism.
Later that day, Trump's press secretary, Sean Spicer, said that naming a national day of patriotism was among the executive actions that Trump took in his first few hours as president.
.@POTUS signing 3 things: Mattis waiver bill into law, formal nominations 2 Senate & proclamation for nat'l day of patriotism #Inauguration
— Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) January 20, 2017
On Monday, the paperwork was filed with the federal government declaring officially that Jan. 20, 2017 — the day of Trump's inauguration — would officially be known as the “National Day of Patriotic Devotion.”
“Now, therefore, I, Donald J. Trump, president of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Jan. 20, 2017, as National Day of Patriotic Devotion, in order to strengthen our bonds to each other and to our country — and to renew the duties of government to the people,” the order says.
“Our Constitution is written on parchment, but it lives in the hearts of the American people,” the order continues. “There is no freedom where the people do not believe in it; no law where the people do not follow it; and no peace where the people do not pray for it.”
Other presidents have declared the day of their inauguration an occasion to mark an American value. In 2009, President Obama named the day of his inauguration a "National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation."
The scene in Washington on Inauguration Day
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Trump supporters and protesters gather in the capital as a new presidency begins.
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