File #: 2016-0418    Name:
Type: Proclamation Status: Filed
File created: 7/25/2016 In control: City Council - Regular Session
On agenda: 9/15/2016 Final action: 9/15/2016
Title: Proclaim the week of September 17-23, 2016 as Constitution Week.
Sponsors: None Selected
Attachments: 1. Constitution Week 2016

Title

Proclaim the week of September 17-23, 2016 as Constitution Week.

Body

Issue/Request:

The local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) requested Mayor Rhoads to proclaim the week of September 17-23, 2016 as Constitution Week.

 

Key Issues:

Constitution Week is the commemoration of America's most important document. It is celebrated annually during the week of September 17-23.

 

The purpose of Consitution Week is to:

  • Emphasize citizens' responsibilities for protecting and defending the Constitution.
  • Inform people that the Constitution is the basis for America's great heritage and the foundation for our way of life.
  • Encourage the study of the historical events which led to the framing of the Constitution in September 1787.