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PROCLAMATION
wnereas, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed an Armistice Day for
November 12, 1919, and the United States Congress passed a parallel resolution
seven years later on June 4, 1926, to make the 11th of November every year an
authorized holiday: "a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be
thereafter celebrated and known as 'Armistice Day';" and
Whereas, in 1953, an Emporia, Kansas shoe store owner named Al King offered a
plan to expand Armistice Day to recognize all veterans, not just those who served
in World War I, and started a crusade to turn Armistice Day into "All Veterans
Day;" and as a result of his efforts a bill was passed by Congress and signed into
law by President Dwight Eisenhower on May 26, 1954 replacing "Armistice" with
"Veterans;" and
Whereas, tonight we are here to honor all our veterans, courageous men and women
who secure, defend, and maintain these core principles upon which our Nation's
freedoms depend and especially those who are currently deployed; and
Whereas, on Veterans Day, let us pause to reflect on the sacrifices of those who have
put on the uniform to serve in the United States military, and have proved their
heroism and love of country time and time again, from Yorktown and Gettysburg
to Iwo Jima, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and Iraq and Afghanistan.
Now Therefore, I, Matthew J. Hayek, Mayor of the City of Iowa City, do hereby
proclaim November 11, 2010, to be
Veterans Remembrance Day
in Iowa City and commemorate the end of World War I with the signing of the Armistice
on the 11th hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month of 1918; and ask that the community
remember the sacrifices and contributions our service men and women have made to the
cause of peace and freedom throughout our history.
Mayor
Signed in Iowa City, Iowa,
this 11 cn day of November, 201