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Office of the Mayor
Okeechobee, Florida
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WHEREAS, September 17, 2021, marks the Two Hundred Thirty-Fourth anniversary of the drafting of the
Constitution of the United States of America by the Constitutional Convention; and
WHEREAS, the President and the Congress of the United States have designated September 17 as Constitution
Day and Citizenship Day and the week of September 17 through 23 as Constitution Week; and
WHEREAS, it is important that all citizens fully understand the provisions principles, and meaning of the
Constitution so they can support, preserve, and defentl it; and
WHEREAS, the people of the City of Okeechobee do enjoy the blessings of liberty, the guarantees of the Bill of
Rights, equal protection of the law under the Constitution and the freedoms derived from it; and
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Dowling R. Watford, Jr., by virtue of the authority vestetl in me as Mayor of the City of
Okeechobee, Florida, do hereby proclaim the week of September 17 through 23, 2021, as "Constitution
Week.°
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, on September 27, 2021, 1 have
set my hand and caused this seal to be affixed
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� Dowlin� . atford, Jr., Mayor
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Lane amiotea, CMC, City Clerk
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