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File #: 2015-0317    Version: 1 Name: Proclamation: “Constitution Week”
Type: Proclamation Status: Read and Filed
File created: 9/21/2015 In control: Parish Council
On agenda: 9/21/2015 Final action: 9/21/2015
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Proclamation: "Constitution Week"
Sponsors: V.J. St. Pierre Jr.
Indexes: Proclamations
Related files: 2004-0381, 2001-0336, 2003-0309, 2012-0316, 2011-0297, 2013-0334, 2014-0285, 2010-0316, 2009-0367, 2000-0458, 2002-0330, 2016-0304, 2017-0290, 2018-0238, 2024-0291, 2020-0256, 2023-0235, 2019-0258, 2022-0256

2015-0317

Title

Proclamation:  “Constitution Week”

Body

P R O C L A M A T I O N

WHEREAS,                     Our Founding Fathers, in order to secure the blessings of liberty for themselves and their posterity, did ordain and establish a Constitution for the United States of America; and,

WHEREAS,                     The Constitution of the United States, the guardian of our liberties, is a product of reflection and choice, embodying the principles of limited government in a Republic dedicated to rule by law, not by man; and,

WHEREAS,                     September 17, 2015, marks the two hundred twenty-eighth (228th) anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States of America by the Constitutional Convention in 1787; and provides an historic opportunity for all Americans to learn about and realize the achievements of the Framers of the Constitution, and the rights, privileges, and responsibilities it affords; and,

WHEREAS,                     it is the privilege and duty of all Americans to commemorate this two hundred twenty-eighth anniversary with appropriate ceremonies and accord official recognition to this memorable anniversary, and to the patriotic exercises that will commemorate the occasion; and,

WHEREAS,                     Public Law No. 915 guarantees the issuance of a proclamation by the President of the United States of America, designating September 17th through September 23rd of each year as CONSTITUTION WEEK.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL AND THE PARISH PRESIDENT, DO HEREBY proclaim the week of September 17 - 23, 2015 as

"CONSTITUTION WEEK"

in St. Charles Parish.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, WE, THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL AND THE PARISH PRESIDENT, do hereby urge all citizens to study the Constitution, to commend the seven New Orleans District IV Chapters of the NATIONAL SOCIETY-DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION; Chapters:  Bayou Lafourche, Francois Delery, New Orleans, Spirit of ’76, Vieux Carre, Oliver Pollock Chapter, and St. Tammany for their patriotic programs commemorating the occasion; and, to express gratitude for the privilege of American citizenship in our Republic functioning under that superb body of laws, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

V.J. ST. PIERRE, JR.                                                                                                         CAROLYN K. SCHEXNAYDRE

PARISH PRESIDENT                                                                                                         COUNCILWOMAN AT LARGE, DIV. A

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

JARVIS LEWIS                                                                                                         PAUL J. HOGAN, PE

COUNCILMAN AT LARGE, DIV. B                                                               COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT IV

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

TERRELL D. WILSON                                                                                    LARRY COCHRAN

COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT I                                                                                    COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT V

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

MARY TASTET                                                                                                         TRACI A. FLETCHER

COUNCILWOMAN, DISTRICT II                                                               COUNCILWOMAN, DISTRICT VI

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

WENDY BENEDETTO                                                                                    JULIA FISHER-PERRIER

COUNCILWOMAN, DISTRICT III                                                               COUNCILWOMAN, DISTRICT VII

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