Florida 1999 & 2000

Proclamation

State of Florida

Executive Department

Tallahassee

WHEREAS, the celebration of a Thanksgiving season has been a national tradition observed by the people of the United States from the days of the early settlers to the present time; and

WHEREAS, many of the great leaders of the nation, including Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln recognizes the importance of setting aside a time of thanksgiving, and Presidential proclamations have established the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving; and

WHEREAS, in 1941 Thanksgiving was established as a permanent national holiday, and the people of the United States should better understand the history of this great nation; and

WHEREAS, it is appropriate to give thanks to God for everyday freedoms we have and to take time to appreciate a land of plenty and a nation of vast human and natural resources;

NOW, THEREFORE, I Jeb Bush, by the virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor of the state of Florida, do hereby proclaim Thanksgiving 1999 and Thanksgiving 2000 as

A Year of Thanksgiving

in Florida.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal if the state of Florida to be affixed at Tallahassee, the Capital, this 18th day of November in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-nine.

Jeb Bush
Governor

Attest
Katherine Harris
Secretary of State