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PROCLAMATION
No. 2020 – 04
September 17 – 23 as Constitution Week
WHEREAS, September 17, 2020 marks the two hundred and thirty- third anniversary of the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America by the Constitutional Convention;
and
WHEREAS, It is fitting and proper to accord official recognition to this magnificent document and its memorable anniversary and to the patriotic celebrations which will commemorate the
occasion; and
WHEREAS, Public Law 915 guarantees the issuing of a proclamation each year by the President of the United States of America designating September 17 through 23 as Constitution Week.
Now, Therefore I, Jerry Merrill by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor
of the City of Rexburg, do hereby proclaim the week of September 17 through 23 as
CONSTITUTION WEEK
And ask our citizens to reaffirm the ideals the Framers of the Constitution had in 1787 by vigilantly protecting the freedoms guaranteed to us through this guardian of our liberties
remembering that lost rights may never be regained.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Rexburg to be affixed this 16th day of September in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty.
APPROVED:
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SEAL Jerry Merrill, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Deborah Lovejoy, City Clerk