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Idaho 1992

The Office of the Governor

Executive Department

State of Idaho

Boise

PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, Idaho has been richly blessed in natural beauty, reflecting God’s miracle of creation; and

WHEREAS, the importance of Christian heritage to the traditions and values of Idaho is immeasurable; and

WHEREAS, religious holidays, festivals, and celebrations have brought welcome respite from weary labor, as well as renewed respect and meaning for nature’s seasons of change; and

WHEREAS, the community church serves a vital function in binding citizens together and providing crucial education and charitable services; and

WHEREAS, teaching future generations the all-important role of Christian heritage is meaningful to peoples of all faiths;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CECIL D. ANDRUS, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim April 12 through 19, 1992 to be

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE WEEK

in Idaho, and I encourage our citizens to acknowledge and appreciate the religious heritage of our great state and nation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho, at Boise, the Capital, the twenty-third day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred sixteenth, and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred second.

CECIL D. ANDRUS

GOVERNOR

PETE T. CENARRUSA

SECRETARY OF STATE

West Virginia 1992

In the name and by the authority of the State of West Virginia

Proclamation

by

Gaston Caperton, Governor

WHEREAS,  West Virginia has been richly blessed in natural beauty, reflecting God’s miracle of creation; and,

WHEREAS, the importance of Christian heritage to the traditions and values of our state is immeasurable; and,

WHEREAS, religious holidays, festivals and celebrations have brought welcome respite from weary labor, as well as renewed respect and meaning for nature’s seasons of change; and,

WHEREAS,  the community church serves a vital function in towns binding folks together and providing crucial education and charitable services; and,

WHEREAS, teaching future generations of West Virginians the all important role of Christian Heritage is of crucial concern to West Virginians of all faiths;

Now, Therefore, Be it Resolved that I, Gaston Caperton, Governor of the State of West Virginia, do hereby proclaim March 8, 1992 through March 14, 1992 as: Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of West Virginia to be affixed.

Done at the Capitol, City of Charleston, State of West Virginia, this the Twenty-eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-two and in the One Hundred Twenty-ninth year of the State.

Gaston Caperton

Governor

By the Governor

Ken Hechler

Secretary of State

Texas 1992

 

Official Memorandum

State of Texas

Office of the Governor

Our state has been richly blessed in natural beauty, reflecting God’s miracle of creation.

The importance of Christian heritage to the traditions and values of our state is immeasurable.

Religious holidays, festivals, and celebrations have brought welcome respite from weary labor, as well as renewed respect and meaning for nature’s seasons of change.

The community church serves a vital function in binding folks together and providing crucial education and charitable services.

Teaching future generations of our state the all-important role of Christian heritage is of crucial concern to citizens of all faiths.

Therefore, I, Ann W. Richards, Governor of Texas, do hereby proclaim the week beginning Easter Sunday, April 19 through April 25, 1992, as CHRISTIAN HERITAGE WEEK in Texas and urge the appropriate recognition thereof.

In official recognition whereof I hereby affix my signature this 7th day of April, 1992.

Ann Richards

 Governor of Texas

New Mexico 1991

STATE OF NEW MEXICO EXECUTIVE OFFICE SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO

PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO DESIRES TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEMORATE THE CHRISTIAN HERITAGE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; AND

WHEREAS, THE CHRISTIAN HERITAGE OF OUR NATION IS RECOGNIZED IN THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF SUCH RENOWNED INDIVIDUALS AS CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, WILLIAM BRADFORD, GEORGE WASHINGTON, JOHN HANCOCK, ABIGAIL ADAMS, NOAH WEBSTER, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, AND WOODROW WILSON; AND

WHEREAS, TEACHING CHILDREN ABOUT THE HISTORICAL CHRISTIAN HERITAGE OF OUR NATION FROM ITS DISCOVERY, AND CONCEPTION TO ITS CONTINUAL APPLICATION IS BENEFICENT EDUCATIONALLY AND VIRTUOUSLY; AND

WHEREAS, THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS TO BE FULLY EDUCATED AS TO THE CHRISTIAN HERITAGE OF OUR NATION IS RECOGNIZED BY THE UNITED STATES AS A VOLUNTARY EXERCISE OF THE FREEDOM OF EDUCATIONAL CHOICE; AND

WHEREAS, THE CHRISTIAN FAITH HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY DOCUMENTED AS A FOUNDATIONAL INFLUENCE ON THE INCEPTION, FORMATION, STRUCTURE AND CULTURE OF OUR NATION;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BRUCE KING, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 10 THROUGH NOVEMBER 16, 1991 AS  “CHRISTIAN HERITAGE WEEK” IN NEW MEXICO.

ATTEST:

DONE AT THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE THIS 25TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1991.

STEPHANIE GONZALES

SECRETARY OF STATE

WITNESS MY HAND AND THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO.

BRUCE KING

GOVERNOR

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Christmas Greetings

1950

As 1950 ebbs to its close our hearts turn once more to Bethlehem and to the coming of a little child, the Divine Infant that brought love to a weary world. This is the season of love – the season wherein our thoughts are of the love of friends, the love of home, the love of children, the love of all those little half remembered things which, although they make up the best portion of our days, are too often forgotten in the distractions of troublous times.

We need Christmas to bring us back to a due sense of spiritual values.

And so at this blessed season we are thinking of those faithful members of the White House staff who, day in and day out, have so quietly and with such obtrusive efficiency performed their tasks and by their continuous and often unnoticed labors, lightened our cares and added pleasure to our lives.

May Christmas Day be a day of joy to each and every one.

It is not possible for us personally to know all those to whom we owe so deep a debt of gratitude. But to each we send this heartfelt message of affection and appreciation.

May the Star of Bethlehem, which came so mysteriously and lingered so briefly, shine in our hearts and light our way to joy and peace even as it directed the steps of the Wise Men to the Manger in the City of David in the long ago.

And may we, too, hear the song which the Angel Choir sand on the night of the first Christmas: “Glory to God in the highest and on earth, peace, good will toward men.”

Harry Truman

Bess L. Truman