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PROCLAMATION
No. 2015 - 05
A Proclamation of the Mayor and approved by the City Council of Rexburg, Idaho, proclaiming August 11th, 2015 as “Our Veterans – Now and Forever” Day in the City of Rexburg.
WHEREAS, the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is conducting its 102nd year of volunteer service to America, and
WHEREAS, year after year the organization continues to honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of freedom by maintaining memorials to their service and sharing their
history with our nation’s youth so that what our nation’s veterans have done for America will not be forgotten, and
WHEREAS, Ladies Auxiliary VFW supports the troops currently deployed overseas, and
WHEREAS, the 450,000 members represent the families of those who have served or are currently on foreign soil protecting our freedom, and
WHEREAS, members volunteer nearly 1 million hours in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers and other hospitals throughout this country, and
WHEREAS, the organization provides awards and scholarships to students based on their expressions of patriotism through art, speech, and volunteerism, and
WHEREAS, the 2015-2016 National President, Francisca Guilford, is rallying Ladies Auxiliary members behind her theme, “Our Veterans – Now and Forever,” and
WHEREAS, August 10-12, 2015 will be a time to celebrate her visit to Rexburg, Idaho; I do hereby declare August 11, 2015 as “Our Veterans – Now and Forever” Day in honor of National
President Francisca Guilford and all members of the Ladies Auxiliary VFW for their outstanding volunteer service to veterans and their families, the City of Rexburg, Idaho, and our
great country.
NOW THEREFORE, I, Richard S. Woodland, Mayor of the City of Rexburg, do hereby proclaim August 11, 2015, to be
“Our Veterans – Now and Forever” Day
in Rexburg and encourage all citizens to support the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in honoring National President Francisca Guilford and all members of the Ladies
Auxiliary VFW for their outstanding volunteer service to veterans and their families.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of our City to be affixed this 5th day of August, in the year two thousand and fifteen.
APPROVED:
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ATTEST: Richard S. Woodland
MAYOR
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Blair D. Kay
CITY CLERK