Maine Revised Statutes
Chapter 5: COMMEMORATIVE DAYS AND WEEKS
1 §127. Maine Merchant Marine Day

§127. Maine Merchant Marine Day
The Governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting aside May 22nd as Maine Merchant Marine Day. The proclamation shall invite and urge the people of the State to observe the day in schools and other suitable places with appropriate ceremony and study. The Maine Maritime Academy and the Department of Education may make appropriate information available to the people and the schools within the limits of their budgets.   [PL 1989, c. 700, Pt. A, §5 (AMD).]
The purpose of commemorating the United States Merchant Marines is to recognize the courage and heroism of merchant mariners who have served the nation in times of national emergencies. Merchant mariners have valiantly served the nation during periods of international conflict by serving as combatant crews on Letters of Marque during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 and on armed vessels during the Civil War. In World War I and World War II, they served on ships equipped with naval armament while transporting supplies and troops between the home front and war fronts. Thousands of merchant mariners have been killed, captured or injured in the defense of the nation.   [PL 1987, c. 140, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 140, §1 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 700, §A5 (AMD).

Structure Maine Revised Statutes

Maine Revised Statutes

TITLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter 5: COMMEMORATIVE DAYS AND WEEKS

1 §111. National Arbor Day (REPEALED)

1 §111-A. Arbor Week

1 §112. Poetry Day

1 §113. American History Month

1 §114. Armistice Day (REPEALED)

1 §115. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (REPEALED)

1 §116. Statehood Day

1 §117. Chester Greenwood Day

1 §118. Maine Cultural Heritage Week

1 §119. R. B. Hall Day

1 §120. Saint Jean-Baptiste Day

1 §121. Maine Clean Water Week

1 §122. National Women's History Week (REPEALED)

1 §123. Seamen's Memorial Day

1 §124. Maine Business Women's Week

1 §125. Alcohol Awareness Week

1 §126. Samantha Smith Day

1 §127. Maine Merchant Marine Day

1 §128. Garden Week

1 §129. Margaret Chase Smith Day

1 §130. Edmund S. Muskie Day

1 §131. Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day

1 §132. Deaf Culture Week

1 §133. Landowner Recognition Day

1 §134. Children's Day

1 §135. Firefighter's Recognition Day

1 §136. Prisoner of War - Missing in Action Recognition Day

1 §137. Organ Donor Awareness Day

1 §138. Major-General Henry Knox Day

1 §139. Maine Lighthouse Week

1 §140. Maine Youth Field and Stream Day

1 §141. Colonel Freeman McGilvery Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 139)

1 §142. Destroyer Escort Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 139)

1 §143. Maine Small Business Week (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 139)

1 §144. Veterans' Week (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 139)

1 §145. Equal Pay Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 140)

1 §146. Maine Week of Heroes

1 §147. Maine Aviation and Aerospace Education Week (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 146)

1 §148. Family Reunion Day

1 §149. Community Giving Week (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 148)

1 §150. Cancer Awareness Week

1 §150-A. Cold War Victory Day

1 §150-B. Missing Persons Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 150)

1 §150-C. Native American Veterans Day

1 §150-D. Wyeth Day

1 §150-E. Lyme Disease Awareness Month

1 §150-F. Governor William King Day

1 §150-G. Vietnam War Veterans Day

1 §150-H. Juneteenth Independence Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 150-F)

1 §150-I. Maine Korean War Veteran Recognition Day

1 §150-J. Invite Your Maine Legislator to School Month

1 §150-K. Maine Seniors Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 150-J)

1 §150-L. Native American Heritage and Culture Day

1 §150-M. Veterans in the Arts and Humanities Day

1 §150-N. Maine Community Litter Cleanup Day

1 §150-O. Maine Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

1 §150-P. First Responders Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 150-O)

1 §150-Q. James Weldon Johnson Day

1 §150-R. Safe Homes Awareness Month