Some reports indicate:
POW/MIA Recognition Day is observed on the third Friday of September, on September 19 this year [2025], to recommit to full accountability to the families of the more than 80,000 veterans captured or still missing from wars that the United States has participated in.
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President of the United States Donald J. Trump applies a differing approach:
A PROCLAMATION
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 April 9, 2025, as National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day.
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We benefit 24/7/365.25 from the sovereignty preserving efforts and sacrifices of our fellow citizen members of the United States military.
So whether we choose the nationaltoday date of September 19, or the alternate date officially designated by the president of the United States, April 9, we express gratitude, our recognition.
POW/MIA Recognition Day is observed on the third Friday of September, on September 19 this year [2025], to recommit to full accountability to the families of the more than 80,000 veterans captured or still missing from wars that the United States has participated in.
National POW/MIA Recognition Day
They’ll always be in our hearts — the gallant and beloved Americans who fought for freedom.
nationaltoday.com
President of the United States Donald J. Trump applies a differing approach:
NATIONAL FORMER PRISONER OF WAR RECOGNITION DAY, 2025
April 9, 2025
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAA PROCLAMATION
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 April 9, 2025, as National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day.
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, 2025
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION On this National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, we remember every
www.whitehouse.gov
We benefit 24/7/365.25 from the sovereignty preserving efforts and sacrifices of our fellow citizen members of the United States military.
So whether we choose the nationaltoday date of September 19, or the alternate date officially designated by the president of the United States, April 9, we express gratitude, our recognition.