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City of Fort Collins PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, our community has a continuing sense of gratitude to those disabled veterans
who did so much to preserve the American way of life; and
WHEREAS, the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) organization has worked exclusively
for the welfare of our disabled veterans; and
WHEREAS,Fort Collins Chapter No. 5 of the DAV has been established to carry on this
work in our community; and
WHEREAS, the DAV offers free service to disabled veterans and their families in filing
claims for government benefits and assists disabled veterans with medical, employment and other
problems; and
WHEREAS, the DAV meets emergency situations which may arise in the family of a
disabled veteran as well as provides transportation to VA hospitals in Denver and Cheyenne.
• NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ray Martinez, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim May 15, 1999 as
FORGET-ME-NOT DAY
in the City of Fort Collins in support of the DArs annual campaign to raise funds for disabled
veterans in the community.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 4th day of May, A.D. 1999.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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