HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 09/16/2014 - PROCLAMATION DECLARING SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 CEMETERYPROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, 150 years ago, on August 20,
th
Colonel William Oliver Collins signed
special Order #1, creating Fort Collins, which was to be “….a permanent post on the Cache La
Poudre” and was established to protect the Overland Stage Line with its cargo of mail and gold;
and
WHEREAS, this date is traditionally celebrated as the “birth announcement” of the city;
and
WHEREAS, each year, the Cemetery Stroll, the City’s longest running living history
event, sponsored by the City of Fort Collins Senior Center, honors several individuals resting at
Grandview Cemetery; and
WHEREAS, this year’s theme for the Cemetery Stroll is “In the Shadow the Civil War -
a Fort is Born”.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Karen Weitkunat, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim September 20, 2014 as
A FORT IS BORN DAY
in the city of Fort Collins and encourage the citizens of this community to honor the memory of
the contributions of those who built and defended our Fort, by attending the City’s oldest and
biggest living history event, the Cemetery Stroll, at Grandview Cemetery.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 16th day of September, A.D. 2014.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk