Three proclamations: Oval Office National Monument, freedom in space, Anti-Communism Week

What happened

Between November 3 and November 5, 2026, President Donald J. Trump signed three proclamations. Two, dated November 3, were published in the Federal Register on November 6, 2026: Proclamation 11078, "Anti-Communism Week, 2026" (91 FR 70765), and Proclamation 11079, "The American Declaration of Freedom in Space" (91 FR 70767). The third, "Establishment of the Oval Office National Monument," dated November 5, was posted on whitehouse.gov and had not yet appeared in the Federal Register at the time of this update. No executive orders were published in the Federal Register or posted on whitehouse.gov in this period.

What the proclamations say

Oval Office National Monument (November 5). The President acted under section 320301 of title 54 of the U.S. Code, the Antiquities Act, which provides that the President "may, in the President's discretion, declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated on land owned or controlled by the Federal Government to be national monuments." The proclamation states: "I ... hereby proclaim the Oval Office as the Oval Office National Monument."

The monument consists of "the Oval Office itself (Room 110) together with the Outer Oval Office (Rooms 106 and 108) and the Cabinet Room (Room 105)." The Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service, is directed to manage it, including by developing a management plan and requiring "documentation, review, and consideration of alternatives before any action that would substantially alter or demolish the monument or its essential architectural elements." The proclamation notes that the White House and its grounds are administered by the National Park Service as part of the President's Park and are already a National Historic Landmark.

Two limiting clauses close the order. It does not "restrict the President's authority to redecorate the monument, select furnishings, or make ordinary operational and security modifications that do not substantially impair the monument's historic structure or architectural character." And it does not alter "existing statutory exemptions applicable to the White House under the National Historic Preservation Act or diminishes the Congress's authority over Federal property."

The American Declaration of Freedom in Space (November 3). Citing "the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States," the President proclaimed "that the solar system and all of outer space beyond Earth are the province of all humans and are open to exploration, development, use, and the establishment of a permanent presence by American citizens consistent with United States law and the international obligations of the United States." The proclamation states the goal to "return to the Moon by 2028" and refers to the Artemis II mission flown in April 2026 and the planned Artemis III mission. It directs no agency to take a specific action.

Anti-Communism Week, 2026 (November 3). The President proclaimed "the week of November 1 through November 7 as Anti-Communism Week" and called "upon all Americans to stand firm in their defense against any threat to the American way of life." The text states that the nation's founding rests on the conviction that "our Government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed" and pledges to "defend our Constitution, which protects our freedoms." Like most commemorative proclamations, it directs no agency action.

Where it sits in the record

The Oval Office proclamation is an exercise of authority Congress delegated to the President in the Antiquities Act, codified at 54 U.S.C. 320301. The statute also provides that reserved land "shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected," and the proclamation includes a finding that "the boundaries of the Oval Office represent the smallest area compatible" with that standard. Its closing clause expressly preserves Congress's authority over federal property, which Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution states as the power "to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States."

The space and Anti-Communism Week proclamations rest on the President's general constitutional and statutory authority, as each text states. This is the first entry in the Constilumen record for any of these three subjects.