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OF IOWA CITY
CIVIC CENTER 410 E. WASHINGTON ST. IOWA CITY IOWA 52240 (319) 354.1807
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, .the 200th annLveU0Ay 06 the signing o6 .the TAeaty
o6 Pax is is SeptembeA 3, 1983, a most s.ign.i6.ieant
event .in .the hiztoV 06 oUA nation, and
WHEREAS, .the Natiolut Society Daughteu 06 the AmeAicnn
Revotution promotes .the ceCebnati.on o6 aU Patriotic
annivmahies, and
WHEREAS, on .this date in 1183 .the Ameniean Peace Commi.as,i.oneu,
John Adams, Benjamin FAankUn, and John Jay, signed a
De6.initi.ve TAea.ty o6 Peace with David Ha&Uey, .the
Aepuzentative. o6 King GeoAge .the Third o6 Gram Svtai.n,
in .the City o6 PaAes, and
WHEREAS, .the Nati.onai Society Daughteu o6 the Ammiean Revotu-
,ti,on papetua.tee .the memoky and spix.Lt o6 .the men and
unmen who achieved American Independence, and
WHEREAS, on that same day .these AmeA,ican pa kio.te witnessed .the
signing o6 aaotheA tAeaty between GAeat BA,itain and ouA
atUes Mance and Spain at Vensai tes, and
WHEREAS, .the De6initive Taeaty o6 Peace estabtbshed .the sovereignty
o6 the united States and added vast tenAitony to the new
Taction, thus bAing,ing .the btessings o6 Cib Wy and 6Aeedom
to att its citizens,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Many C. Neuluiuzea, MayoA o6 the City 06 Iowa
City, toua, do hereby pnoetaim September. 3, 1983,-a6
PEACE AND INDEPENDENCE DAY ui .the City o6 Iowa City.
Signed in Iowa City, Iowa,
.this 30th day o6 August 1983.
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MICROFILMED BY
,JORM MICROLAB I
,CEDAR RAPIDS-bES*IIOINES r
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