Proc. 2016-01 - Constitution Week, DAR - 9-21-16
PROCLAMATION
No. 2017-01
WHEREAS September 17, 2016, marks the two hundred and twenty-ninth anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the United States of America by the Constitutional Convention; and
WHEREAS the Daughters of the American Revolution are descendants of these great patriots; and
WHEREAS Public Law No. 915, adopted August 2, 1956, guarantees the issuing of a proclamation each year by the President of the United States of America designating September 17-23 as
Constitution Week; and
WHEREAS it is fitting and proper to accord official recognition to this memorable anniversary, and to the patriotic exercise that will commemorate the occasion.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT HEREBY PROCLAIMED, by the power vested in me as the Mayor of the City of Huntsville, that
SEPTEMBER 17-23, 2016
be designated as: CONSTITUTION WEEK
in Huntsville, Texas, and urge all citizens to participate in observance of this important patriotic event by reaffirming the ideals of the framers of the Constitution.
PROCLAIMED AND SIGNED this the 21st day of September 2016.
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Andy Brauninger, Mayor