Pennsylvania Statutes Title 44 P.S. Legal Holidays and Observances § 26. Commodore John Barry Day

The Governor shall this year issue a proclamation setting apart September thirteenth as Commodore John Barry Day and recommending that it be observed annually by the people with appropriate exercises in the public schools, and otherwise, as he may see fit, to the end that the memory of the service rendered by Commodore John Barry during the struggle for American independence may be perpetuated.