Proclamation #2024-002P2024-002P
PROCLAMAvojv
Whereas, since the fall of Saigon in 1975, more than one million Vietnamese have
resettled in the United States, including many in Lake County and the City of Clermont;
and
Whereas, the Vietnamese -Americans have become loyal citizens, contributing greatly
in the areas of business, commerce and culture; and
Whereas, the majority of Vietnamese —Americans embrace the Vietnamese Heritage
and Freedom Flag which appears as three red stripes upon a field of gold. The flag
symbolizes their community and their cultural identity, as a uniting symbol that represents
resilience, freedom and democracy; and
Whereas, it is the will of the community members of the Vietnamese Freedom
Independent Flag Association the Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag be recognized
as the official flag of their organization by the City of Clermont; and
Now, Therefore, I, Tim Murry, Mayor of the City of Clermont in the State of Florida,
do formally recognize the Heritage and Freedom Flag as the official symbol of Clermont's
Vietnamese -American community, acknowledge their efforts to promote freedom, human
rights and democracy.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the
City of Clermont to be affixed this 26th Day of January in the year Two Thousand and
Twenty Four.
Tim Murry, a3cor
ATTEST
Tracy Ackroyd Howe, City Clerk