CHAPTER 868
STATE OF DELAWARE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
DOVER
PROCLAMATION
Wherea s, this year marks
the three hundred and thirty-second anniversary of the settling and establishment of the
Colony of New Swe den
in 1638 at "The Rocks," now enshrined at
Fort Christina Monument in the City
of Wilmington; and
Whereas, founded under the leadership of the intrepid Pet
er Minuit, Fort Christina became
the seat of the fir
st permanent settlement in the State of Delaware as well as in the entire Delaware River Valley; and
Whereas, this settlement marked the
introduction of govern ment, religion,
education, agriculture, commerce, and industry to
our State; and
Whereas, Title 29, Cha
p ter 21, Section 2109
of the Delaware Code, directs the Governor to proclaim March
29 of each year as "De
laware Swedish Colonial Day" in recognition
of these events;
Now , therefore, I, Russell W. Peterson,
Governor of the State of Dela
wa re, do he re
by pr ocla im Sunda y, March 29,
1970 as
DELAWARE SWEDISH COLONIAL DAY
in our Stat e, and request
that on this day, and the days following,
our schools, churche s, patriotic and historical societies,
and other organizations and institutions commemorate
this first permanent settlement upon
the so il of the State
of Del awa re wit
h appropriate cerem o n
ies.
I further request State, County, City and
Town Govern me nts to
display the flags of the United States and
of the State of Del a ware on
s uch occasions; and that
the flags of the United States and the Kingdom of Sweden be
flown at the Fort Christina Monument during
the period of observance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, Russell W. Peterson, Governor of the
State of Delaware, have hereunto set m y
hand and caused the Great Seal of
the said State to be hereunto affixed at Dover this 18th day of
March 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-fourth.
(GREAT SEAL)
RUSSELL W. PETERSON, Governor
Attest: EUGENE BUNTING, Secretary of State