95-60 CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE:
June 12, 1995
RESOLUTION NO: 95-60
MOTION BY:
Senn SECONDED BY: Berquist
PROCLAMATION DECLARING JUNE 14, 1995 AS NATIONAL FLAG DAY
WHEREAS, by Act of Congress of the United States dated June 14, 1777, the
first official Flag of the United States was adopted; and
WHEREAS, by Act of Congress dated August 3, 1949, June 14 of each year
was designated "National Flag Day;" and
WHEREAS, the Congress has requested the President to issue annually a
proclamation designating the week in which June 14 occurs as "National Flag Week;"
and
WHEREAS, on December 8, 1982, the National Flag Day Foundation was
chartered to conduct educational programs and to encourage all Americans to Pause
for the Pledge of Allegiance on Flag Day, June 14; and
WHEREAS, by Act of Congress, Public Law 99-54 was passed to have the
Pause for the Pledge of Allegiance as part of the celebration of National Flag Day
throughout the nation; and
WHEREAS, Flag Day celebrates our nation's symbol of unity, a democracy in a
republic and stands for our country's devotion to freedom to the rule of all, and to
equal rights for all.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Donald J. Chmiel, do hereby proclaim June 14, 1995 as
Flag Day in Chanhassen and urge all citizens to pause at 7:00 p.m. on this date for
the Sixteenth Annual National PAUSE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE to the
Flag and join all Americans in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the
United States of America.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 12th day of June, 1995.
ATTEST:
Don Ashworth, City Clerk/Manager
YES
Chmiel
Dockendorf
Berquist
Senn
NO
None
ABSENT
Mason