STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Office of the Governor
A PROCLAMATION
BY THE
GOVERNOR
WHEREAS, the people of the State of Mississippi desire 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, 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, Kirk Fordice, Governor of the State of Mississippi, do hereby proclaim October 11 through October 17, 1992, CHRISTIAN HERITAGE WEEK in Mississippi and encourage our citizens to join in recognizing the historical Christian heritage of our nation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Mississippi to be affixed.
DONE at the Capitol, in the City of Jackson, the 5th day of October in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the two hundred and seventeenth.
KIRK FORDICE
GOVERNOR
BY THE GOVERNOR
DICK MOLPUS
SECRETARY OF STATE
