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STATE OF ILLINOIS
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, religious holidays, festivals, and celebrations add to the cultural mosaic of our state; and
WHEREAS, churches are a functional part of the communities in our state, often providing charitable assistance to our citizens; and
WHEREAS, Thanksgiving week is an appropriate time to center attention on the religious heritage of our state and nation;
THEREFORE, I, Jim Edgar, Governor of the State of Illinois, proclaim November 22-28, 1998, as CHRISTIAN HERITAGE WEEK in Illinois.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Illinois to be affixed.
Done at the Capitol in the City of Springfield this twelfth day of November, in the Year of Our Lord one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-eight, and of the State of Illinois the one hundred and EIGHTIETH.
JIM EDGAR
GOVERNOR
GEORGE H. RYAN
SECRETARY OF STATE
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Topic : Christian Heritage Week
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