Veterans Day, 2025

Proclamation 10991 of November 10, 2025

Veterans Day, 2025

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

The story of America is written with the courage,
honor, and dedicated service of our veterans. Through
their sacrifice, the fires of freedom burn brightly,
our Republic secured, and our way of life made
possible. For nearly 250 years, their unyielding spirit
has carried our Nation through every trial and triumph,
ensuring that liberty endures for all time. This
Veterans Day, we show our gratitude and recommit to
honor their service, uphold their legacy, and give
every veteran the loyalty, respect, and support they
have earned and so dearly deserve.

From the moment our Nation's Founders raised the cause
of independence, they recognized that freedom rests
upon those willing to defend it. During the midst of
the American Revolution, the Continental Congress
enacted the first national veterans' benefits law to
care for wounded and disabled veterans. From that early
act of foresight came a fundamental promise: a Nation
devoted to liberty owes a debt to those who secured
freedom for our people. Yet for too many decades,
politicians have failed to provide the benefits earned
by the best among us, leading to shameful outcomes on
veteran healthcare, housing, and employment. Under my
leadership, the Federal Government will no longer
betray these heroes.

During my first term, my Administration achieved
historic reforms to the Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) and expanded choice in healthcare and economic
opportunity for our veterans. I signed into law
landmark legislation to increase accountability, remove
those who failed our veterans, and deliver faster,
high-quality care. Now, we are building off these
successes by continuing to improve the VA. We have
opened 16 new veteran health clinics throughout the
country, made it easier for veterans to pass on their
benefits to their survivors, and ended DEI and
transgender policies so we can use taxpayer dollars on
programs that help veterans in need. Just this year, we
have already reduced the backlog of veterans waiting
for VA benefits by more than 37 percent, after rising
24 percent during the previous administration--and we
are just getting started.

In May, I signed an Executive Order to build the
National Center for Warrior Independence, which will
house up to 6,000 homeless veterans by 2028. I also
signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill, making the
2017 Trump Tax Cut permanent and ending taxes on Social
Security for most seniors, relieving some of the
financial burden for veterans on fixed incomes. Through
these reforms and actions, we are renewing our Nation's
commitment to all those who served.

Our Nation remains great because of those who have
served honorably in uniform and committed their lives
to defending our families, our freedom, and American
values. Today, we extend our deepest gratitude to our
Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, Coast Guardsmen,
and Guardians for their sacrifice, and we thank the
families who share the burden of their service. Under
my leadership, our Nation will always uphold the legacy
of our veterans by keeping America strong, proud, and
free--and as President, I will always have their backs.

In respectful recognition of the contributions our
service members have made to advance peace and freedom
around the world, the Congress has provided (5 U.S.C.
6103(a)) that November 11 of each year shall be set
aside as a legal public holiday to honor our Nation's
veterans.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim November
11, 2025, as Veterans Day. I encourage all Americans to
reflect on the courage and sacrifice of our veterans
through public ceremonies and private thoughts and
prayers of gratitude. I call upon Federal, State, and
local officials to display the flag of the United
States and to participate in patriotic activities in
their communities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
tenth day of November, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.