Vietnam Veterans
Recognition Week
Proclamation
WHEREAS, American men and women during the period 1959 to 1975 were engaged in
the longest military conflict in U.S. history, the Vietnam War, and,
WHEREAS, Americans, devoted to liberty and freedom answered the nation’s call to arms
to help a country thousands of miles away to gain freedom, and,
WHEREAS, we still believe today that the blessings of liberty require constant vigilance and sacrifice, and,
WHEREAS, every man, woman and child in this great Nation owes a debt of gratitude to those who served their country so selflessly; and
WHEREAS, these brave soldiers, sailors, Marines, Coast Guardsmen and airmen, were the beloved sons and daughters of our land; and
WHEREAS, more than 58,000 Americans made the supreme sacrifice, laying down their lives so others could live free; now therefore be it
RESOLVED, that I declare the week of October 23, 2006, Vietnam Veterans Recognition Week in Currituck County; and be it further
RESOLVED, that all citizens are asked to commemorate the contributions and sacrifices of these men and women who place their lives in harms way protecting American values and preserving democracy for the world. And be it finally
RESOLVED, the observances of Vietnam Veterans Recognition Week appropriately commemorates the events of the Vietnam War and express gratitude to those who gave so much for the citizens of South Vietnam and the world.
Signed this 2nd day of October 2006,
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S. Paul O’Neal, Chairman
ATTEST:
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Gwen H. Keene, CMC
Clerk to the Board