HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 2018 - 02 Vietnam Veterans Recognition DayVIETNAM WAR VETERANS RECOGNITION DAY -
MARCH 29TH
JERRY MERRILL
35 North 10 East mayor@rexburg.org Phone: 208.359.3020
Rexburg, ID 83440 www.rexburg.org Fax: 208.359.3022
PROCLAMATION
No. 2018 - 02
CITY OF
MXBURG
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America's Rinpity Community
MARCH29TH VIETNAM WAR VETERANS RECOGNITIONDAY
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, The Nation Commemorated of the 50°i 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 29" as Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Day,
]VOW, THEREFORE I, Jerry Merrill by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of
Rexburg do hereby proclaim March 29i6 as
VIETNAM WAR VETERANS RECOGNITIONDAY
AND ask out citizens to remember the brave Vietnam Veterans who, in service to our Nation and
in defense ofliberty, foughtgallandy against the spread of co: munlsm and defended the freedom
of the Vietnamese people. To ensure the sacrifices ofall those who served are remembered for
generations to come, March 29° will be the day we partner with the Federal Government in
commemorating and honoring all those who answered our Nation's call to duty.
ATTI✓S"I:
Deborah Lovejoy
REXBURG CITY CLERK
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the Seal of the City of Rexburg to be affixed this 21s' day
of March of the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen.
APPROVED:
xry M
MAYOR