UNITED STATES CODE - TITLE 36

CHAPTER 10 - PATRIOTIC CUSTOMS

§§ 182 to 188

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§ 182. Rules and regulations

The Secretary of Defense is authorized to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of §§ 179 to 182 of this title.

§ 185.

Transferred -COD- CODIFICATION Section, act Apr. 17, 1952, ch. 216, 66 Stat. 64, which related to National Day of Prayer, was transferred to section 169h of this title.

§ 169h. National Day of Prayer

The President shall set aside and proclaim the first Thursday in May in each year 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.

§ 186. National motto

The national motto of the United States is declared to be ''In God we trust.''

§ 187. National floral emblem

The flower commonly known as the rose is designated and adopted as the national floral emblem of the United States of America, and the President of the United States is authorized and requested to declare such fact by proclamation.

§ 188. National march

The composition by John Philip Sousa entitled ''The Stars and Stripes Forever'' is hereby designated as the national march of the United States of America.

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