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