Constitution Week (2)•
CONSTITUTION WEEK
September 17 - 23, 1996
WHEREAS, The Constitution of the United States of America, the guardian of
our liberties, embodies the principles of limited government in a
Republic dedicated to rule by law; and
WHEREAS, September 17, 1996 marks the two hundred ninth anniversary of
the framing of the Constitution of the United States of America
by the 1787 Constitutional Convention, and
WHEREAS, ft is fitting and proper to accord official recognition to this magni-
ficent document and its memorable anniversary and
WHEREAS, Public Law 915 guarantees the issuing of a proclamation each
year by the President of this great country designating
September 17 through 23 as Constitution week, now
• THEREFORE, as Mayor do hereby proclaim the week of September 17 through
23 as
CONSTITUTION WEEK
and ask our citizens to reaffirm the ideals of the Framers of the Constitution by
vigilantly protecting the freedoms guaranteed to us through this guardian of our
liberties.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the
City of to be affixed at this day
in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninety six.
Signed
SEAL
attest