

(written from a Production point of view Real World article

It's Federation Day! was the title of a newspaper clipping created as background material for Star Trek Generations by Larry Nemecek. The clipping was placed in the Picard family album.

Although the album was featured prominently in the film, the clipping itself was not seen on screen and is therefore not canon. Names and other details from the clipping were used by author David A. Goodman in his reference book Star Trek: Federation - The First 150 Years.

According to the clipping, the initial article was distributed by the Solar News Network on October 11, 2161. The article's text chronicled the events of the founding of the United Federation of Planets, the anniversary of which became known as "Federation Day", as suggested by the reference to Federation Day poker in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fifth season episode "The Outcast". Below is a copy of the text.