What is National Maritime Day?
{{Orphan|date=May 2009}} In the [[United States]], '''National Maritime Day''' is held every [[May 22]] to honor people who have served in the [[United States Merchant Marine]] service. The first National Maritime Day was [[May 22]], [[1933]], based on a [[joint resolution]] passed by the [[United States Congress]] on [[May 20]], [[1933]]. [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] was the first President to issue a [[proclamation]] about the day. The biggest National Maritime Day celebration was in 1946, the first National Maritime Day after the [[Allied Powers]] won [[World War II]]. That year, [[governor]]s of many [[U.S. states]] also officially named the day National Maritime Day or ''Maritime Day'' for their state. The first National Maritime Day after the end of the [[Korean War]], in 1954, was also more widely celebrated than most. In the 2006 [[annual]] proclamation by president [[George W. Bush]], he made special mention of the Merchant Marine service's [[hurricane]] aid work following [[Hurricane Katrina]] and the other hurricanes of the [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season]]. ==References== *[http://www.usmm.org/md/maritday33.html Joint Resolution of Congress text] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504210731/http://www.usmm.org/md/maritday33.html |date=2006-05-04 }} *[http://www.usmm.org/md/maritdaygovs.html List of 1946 state and city proclamations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619235504/http://usmm.org/md/maritdaygovs.html |date=2006-06-19 }} *[https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2006/05/20060519-5.html Text of Bush proclamation] [[Category:Holidays of the United States]] [[Category:May observances]] {{US-stub}}