HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 2018 - 02 VIETNAM WAR VETERANS RECOGNITION DAY MARCH 29TH
PROCLAMATION
No. 2018 - 02
MARCH 29TH VIETNAM WAR VETERANS RECOGNITION DAY
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS: The Nation Commemorated of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War and memorialized
over 58,000 names at our Nation’s capital for having borne the heaviest cost of war; and
WHEREAS: It is fitting and proper to accord official recognition to the sacrifice and service of the men
and women who served in the Vietnam War and pay tribute to the brave patriots who suffered as prisoners
of war; and
WHEREAS: March 28, 2017, marks the day the Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017 was
signed by President Donald Trump and became Public Law No: 115-15; and
WHEREAS: Public Law 115-15 guarantees the issuing of a proclamation each year by the President of the
United States of America designating March 29th as Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Day,
NOW, THEREFORE I, Jerry Merrill by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of
Rexburg do hereby proclaim March 29th as
VIETNAM WAR VETERANS RECOGNITION DAY
AND ask our citizens to remember the brave Vietnam Veterans who, in service to our Nation and
in defense of liberty, fought gallantly against the spread of communism and defended the freedom
of the Vietnamese people. To ensure the sacrifices of all those who served are remembered for
generations to come, March 29th will be the day we partner with the Federal Government in
commemorating and honoring all those who answered our Nation’s call to duty.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the Seal of the City of Rexburg to be affixed this 21ST day
of March of the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen.
APPROVED:
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SEAL Jerry Merrill
MAYOR
ATTEST:
______________________________
Deborah Lovejoy
REXBURG CITY CLERK
35 North 1st East
Rexburg, ID 83440
Phone: 208.359.3020
Fax: 208.359.3022
mayor@rexburg.org www.rexburg.org
VIETNAM WAR VETERANS RECOGNITION DAY –
MARCH 29TH
JERRY MERRILL
Mayor Jerry Merrill