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Statutes > Virginia > Title-57 > Chapter-1 > 57-2-01§ 57-2.01. Religious Freedom Week and Day.
On the 200th Anniversary of the enactment of the Virginia Act for ReligiousFreedom, the 1986 Virginia General Assembly commends their eighteenth centurypredecessors for their wisdom and foresight and declares that from this dateforth, the second full week of every January is designated as ReligiousFreedom Week in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
In addition, the date of the passage of the Virginia Act for ReligiousFreedom merits special commemoration and celebration in the Commonwealth andnation. For this purpose, the sixteenth day of January of each year shall bedesignated "Religious Freedom Day."
(1986, c. 352; 1997, c. 388.)
