2022 09 06 Item IV. C. Constitution Week ProclamationOffice of the Mayor
Okeechobee, Florida
WHEREAS, September 17, 2022 marks the two hundred and
thirty-fifth anniversary of the drafting of the Constitution of
the United States of America by the Constitutional
Convention; and
WHEREAS, by request of the Okeechobee Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution, it is fitting and
proper to accord official recognition to this magnificent
document and its memorable anniversary and to the patriotic
celebrations which will commemorate the occasion; and
WHEREAS, Public Law 915 guarantees the issuing of a
proclamation each year by the President of the United States
of America designating September 17 through 23 as
Constitution Week.
V THEREFORE, I, Dowling R. Watford, Jr., k
the authority vested in me as Mayor of t1
Okeechobee, Florida, do hereby proclaim th
September 17 through 23, 2022, as "Constitution
In witness whereof, on September 6, 2022, I have
set my hand and caused this seal to be affixed