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United States Constitution Week o Y OF
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Mayor Jerry Merrill 051
America's fnutily Community
35 North 1d East mayor@rexburg.org Phone:208.359.3020
Rexburg,0 83440 www.rexburg.org Fax:208.359.3022
PROCLAMATION No. 2021 —04
September 17' - 23d as Constitution Week
WHEREAS, September 17, 2021 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, 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the Cit}-of
Rexburg to be affixed this 15`x' day of September in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-one.
APPROVED:
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Deborah Lovejoy,City Clerk