CHAPTER 423
STATE OF DELAWARE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, one hundred and seventy years ago, the great American statesmen, who comprised the Constitutional Convention, affixed their signatures to the document that not only formed the foundation for our own nation but provided the pattern for many other nations seeking liberty and justice under law; and
WHEREAS, as Delawareans we should take special pride in the fact that our state was the first to ratify the Federal Constitution; and
WHEREAS, it is most fitting that we give recognition to all our new citizens and encourage them as well as all Delawareans to protect and make fullest possible use of the rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States; now
THEREFORE, I, J. CALEB BOGGS, Governor of the State of Delaware, do hereby proclaim that Tuesday, September 17, 1957, be observed in the First State as
CITIZENSHIP DAY
FURTHER, in order that ample opportunity be provided to give solemn and grateful thought to that eventful week in September, 1787, when our Constitution was signed and made known to the people, thus laying the foundation for the birth of a new nation, I designate the period beginning September 17 and ending September 23, 1957, as
CONSTITUTION WEEK
and urge that our schools, colleges, churches, veteran and other patriotic organizations mark Citizenship Day and Constitution Week with appropriate exercises reaffirming our faith in the Constitution of the United States and stressing the full significance of American citizenship.
I also order that the national and state flags be flown from public and other buildings as visual reminders to all of us to protect and practice the rights and privileges of citizenship.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1, J. Caleb Boggs, 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 Sixteenth day of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and eighty-second.
(GREAT SEAL)
J. CALEB BOGGS, Governor
JOHN N. McDOWELL, Secretary of State