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City of
Collins
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, it is the privilege and duty of the American people to commemorate the
anniversary of the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America with appropriate
ceremonies; and
WHEREAS, September 17, 2009 marks the 222nd 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 officially recognize this magnificent document and
the anniversary of its creation; and
WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper to officially recognize the patriotic celebrations which
will commemorate the occasion; and
WHEREAS,Public Law No. 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, Doug Hutchinson, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim September 17 through 23, 2009 to be
CONSTITUTION WEEK
in Fort Collins, and ask our citizens to reaffirm the ideals the framers of the Constitution had in
1787.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 15th day of September, A.D. 2009.
/ Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk