About Religious Freedom Day
Each year, the President declares January 16th to be Religious Freedom Day, and calls upon Americans to "observe this day through appropriate events and activities in homes, schools, and places of worship." The day is the anniversary of the passage, in 1786, of the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom. We encourage schools to recognize Religious Freedom Day during the school week leading up to January 16.
The goal of ReligiousFreedomDay.com is to promote and protect students' religious expression rights by informing educators, parents, and students about these liberties.
Resources
Presidential Proclamations
Religious Freedom Day Proclamations by the Presidents of the United States
Biden
*No record of a Religious Freedom Day proclamation in 1995 could be found
Watch these two videos on the website of Orange County Department of Education.
Ask your schools to show the videos as part of morning announcements and staff meetings.
