Legislation now provides that "the president shall issue each year a proclamation designating the first Thursday in May as a National Day of Prayer on which the people of the United States may turn to God in prayer and meditation at churches, in groups, and as individuals".
In the 12th century heralds formally announced and conducted tournaments, including the proclamation of each joust and the name of each combatant.
His two Democratic predecessors had refused to issue the proclamation sought each year by Confederate descendants.
With each day comes another proclamation, and on one day or another the Jets have said they have the league's best defense, best special teams, best offensive line, best running backs, best secondary, best cornerback (Darrelle Revis), best fullback (Tony Richardson), best nose tackle (Jenkins), best facility, best training staff and best fans.
The exhibition, of more than two dozen historical items from the National Archives in Washington, will go on to tour museums and libraries in seven other cities, with the proclamation itself joining each stop for a brief period.
For decades after that, each president issued a yearly proclamation designating Thanksgiving as the last Thursday of November.
However, that is quite another thing from officially endorsing one religion over another, pitting people of different faiths and cultures against each other and essentially compelling a proclamation of belief.
Like President Clinton, President Bush continues to "respect the Turkish government's assertions" and to issue Armenian Remembrance Day proclamations each year without ever quite acknowledging what it is that's being remembered.
Starting with the Protector, each side issued proclamations accusing the other of treason and declared to act in defence of the King's safety.
