CHAPTER 875
STATE
OF DELAWARE
EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT
DOVER
PROCLAMATION
Whereas,
it i
s
highl
y
fitting that
Americans everywhere
s
hould
pause
on
Memorial
Day to
venerate the
memor
y
of
our
war
dead
w
ho have
served this
Nation's cause;
and
Whereas,
it
is our solemn
duty to perpetuate this custom,
f
ir
st
established over one
hundred
years
ago, by
gathering
in
pub
li
c
places,
before memorials,
and
in
cemeteries
to pay
tribute
t
o
those
who
h
ave
died
in defense of our country;
and
Whereas
,
the
President
of the
United States of America, by
the authority
of
the Congress,
has
set aside
May
30, 1970 as
a
day
when
we should honor the
memory and deeds
of
our
fallen heroes; and
Whereas,
P
aragrap
h 501,
Chapter
5, Title 1
of the
Delaware
Code
provides that the Governor
may issue
a proclamation setting
as
ide
the 30th day of May
in
each year as Memorial
Day;
Now, therefore,
I, Rus
se
ll W. Peterson, Governor of
the
State
of Delaware, do
hereby
proclaim
Saturda
y,
May
30
,
1970
as
MEMORIAL
DAY
in Delaware, and urge that the people of The First State on this day
participate
in exercises, graveside ceremonies,
and
other
appropriate
memorials in appreciation of
the sacrifices of
our
war
dead.
Further, I request that
the
Flag of the United States of
America and of the
State
of
Delaware be
properly
displayed at
half-
sta
ff from all state buildings and
public institutions on
this day
,
a
s
ev
idence that
we
American
s
remain faithful to
the
memory of those
who
fought,
suffered,
and died
in
defense
of
freedom;
I further urge
that
all motorists drive with their headlights on
from
3:00 p.m., Thursday, May 28 through Sunday,
May
31, using
low
beams during the daylight hours, to forcefully remind us of the mounting highway
accidents
leading to
far
too man
y
fatalities.
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 15th day
of May
in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and seventy, and of the
Ind
ependence
of the United States of America, the one hundred and ninety-fourth.
(GREAT SEAL)
RUSSELL W. PETERSON, Governor
Attest: EUGENE BUNTING
,
Secreta
ry
of State