HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-09-18 Constitution WeekWHEREAS, the founders of the United States of America decreed and
established a Constitution for the United States of America, a four page document
including seven articles signed by 39 men;
WHEREAS, the Constitution is the oldest and shortest written Constitution of any
major government in the world;
WHEREAS, the Constitution was signed in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787;
WHEREAS, the Constitution begins with the words "We the People of the United
States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic
Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure
the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of America
WHEREAS, September 17, 2023, marks the two hundred and thirty-sixth
anniversary of the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America by the
Constitutional Convention;
WHEREAS, Public Law 915 guarantees the issuing of a proclamation each year
by the President of the United States of America designating September 17-23 as
Constitution Week;
WHEREAS, every anniversary of the Constitution provides an historic
opportunity for all Americans to learn about and to reflect upon the rights and privileges
of citizenship and its responsibilities; and
NOW, THEREFOR, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT, I Othoniel Sierra, Mayor of the City of
Englewood, Colorado ("the City") and the City Council, hereby proclaim:
The week of September 17 through 23 as Constitution Week in the City of
Englewood and urge our citizens to reaffirm the ideals of the Framers of the
Constitution by studying the Constitution and reflecting on the privilege of being an
American which all of the rights and responsibilities that privilege involves.
GIVEN under my hand and seal this (r3 day of September, 2023
Othoniel Sierra, Mayor