{"status":"ok","citation_id":"eo-8978","kind":"eo","title":"Executive Order 8978: Establishing New York Harbor, New London, Delaware Bay and River, Chesapeake-Norfolk, and Charleston Harbor Defensive Sea Areas and Prescribing Regulations for the Control Thereof","statement":"Executive Order 8978, \"Establishing New York Harbor, New London, Delaware Bay and River, Chesapeake-Norfolk, and Charleston Harbor Defensive Sea Areas and Prescribing Regulations for the Control Thereof\", was signed on December 16, 1941.","record_date":"1941-12-16","record_date_label":"Signed","official_source":{"label":"National Archives","url":"https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1941.html"},"last_checked":"2026-11-01","last_checked_basis":"Executive-order archive last refreshed from the Federal Register and National Archives","permalink":"https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8978","votefiles_url":"https://powerandpolitics.co/eo.php?k=8978","publisher":"Power \u0026 Politics","formats":{"ap":"Power \u0026 Politics, \"Executive Order 8978: Establishing New York Harbor, New London, Delaware Bay and River, Chesapeake-Norfolk, and Charleston Harbor Defensive Sea Areas and Prescribing Regulations for the Control Thereof,\" last checked Nov. 1, 2026, citing National Archives, https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8978","apa":"Power \u0026 Politics. (2026, November 1). Executive Order 8978: Establishing New York Harbor, New London, Delaware Bay and River, Chesapeake-Norfolk, and Charleston Harbor Defensive Sea Areas and Prescribing Regulations for the Control Thereof [Executive order record]. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8978","chicago":"Power \u0026 Politics. \"Executive Order 8978: Establishing New York Harbor, New London, Delaware Bay and River, Chesapeake-Norfolk, and Charleston Harbor Defensive Sea Areas and Prescribing Regulations for the Control Thereof.\" Last modified November 1, 2026. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8978.","bibtex":"@misc{votefiles_eo_8978,\n  author       = {{Power \u0026 Politics}},\n  title        = {{Executive Order 8978: Establishing New York Harbor, New London, Delaware Bay and River, Chesapeake-Norfolk, and Charleston Harbor Defensive Sea Areas and Prescribing Regulations for the Control Thereof}},\n  year         = {2026},\n  howpublished = {\\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8978}},\n  note         = {Reference number eo-8978; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1941.html; last checked November 1, 2026; accessed November 1, 2026}\n}","link":"https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8978"}}