CHAPTER 887
STATE OF DELAWARE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
DOVER
PROCLAMATION
Whereas, our
existence as
a
free people began
in
the City
of Philadelphia in
the Year
1776
with the signing
of
the
Declaration of Independence;
and
Whereas, this nation
has dedicated itself to
the
commemoration of the most significant date in its history by means of a Bicentennial
Celebration
in
the
Year 1976; and
Whereas,
Delaware,
by casting
the decisive
vote which determined adoption
of
the
Declaration
of
Independence, has from
the beginning
assumed
a progressive role
in our
Country's
his
tory; and
Whereas, the
First State
shares
with the entire Delaware Valley
area the
honor
bestowed
upon the City of Philadelphia
by
its designation
by
the President of the United States as the International Exposition Site during the Bicentennial; and
Whereas, the
commitment of the First State,
with
others of
the
historic Delaware Valley
area,
to
the
success of the Bicenten
nial observances will provide an
example now,
as in earlier
hi
s
tory, for the
rest of
the
Nation
to
follow;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Russell W. Peterson, Governor
of the State
of Delaware, do hereby proclaim the
week
of November 2228, 1970, as
BICENTENNIAL WEEK
in
Delaware
and
urge all residents of the First State, as indi
viduals and
as members of community organizations, to
work together
in
every way possible
to
ensure the successful
and meaningful
accomplishment
of the observance of
the
two hundredth
year
of our freedom.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, Russell W. Peterson, Governor of the State of Delaware, have hereunto set my hand and
caused
the Great Seal of the said State
to
be
hereunto
affixed at Dover this eighteenth day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and
seventy,
and of the
Independence
of the United States of America, the one hundred and ninety-fifth.
(GREAT SEAL)
RUSSELL W. PETERSON, Governor
Attest: EUGENE BUNTING, Secretary of State