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This law was first created in 1960. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 245 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1960 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1966, chapter 677; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":176295,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62822,"identifier":"2.2-3308","token":"2.2\/II\/A\/33\/2.2-3308","url":"\/2.2-3308\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-3308\/","token":"2.2\/II\/A\/33\/2.2-3308","dublin_core":{"Title":"First Lady’s Day in Virginia","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-3308","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Martha Washington’s birthday, the second day of June of each year, shall be designated as First Lady’s Day in Virginia in special tribute to Martha Washington as America’s first First Lady and to each of her successors as First Ladies of this Nation. Upon this date, in perpetuity, all citizens, groups and appropriate agencies in and of the Commonwealth and of the nation are urged to reflect upon and give appropriate recognition to the magnificent contribution of this Nation’s First Ladies to the heritage of the United States.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFIRST LADY’S DAY IN VIRGINIA (\u00a7 2.2-3308)\n\nMartha Washington’s birthday, the second day of June of each year, shall\nbe designated as First Lady’s Day in Virginia in special tribute to Martha\nWashington as America’s first First Lady and to each of her successors as\nFirst Ladies of this Nation. Upon this date, in perpetuity, all citizens, groups\nand appropriate agencies in and of the Commonwealth and of the nation are urged\nto reflect upon and give appropriate recognition to the magnificent contribution\nof this Nation’s First Ladies to the heritage of the United States.\n\nHISTORY: 1960, c. 245, \u00a7 2-22.3; 1966, c. 677, \u00a7 2.1-27; 2001, c. 844.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}