PROCLAMATION

BY

BRERETON C. JONES

OF THE

COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

To All To Whom These Presents Shall Come:

WHEREAS, All 50 state constitutions contain a statement of faith similar to the Preamble to Kentucky’s constitution which recognizes Almighty God to be the source “for the civil, political and religious liberties we enjoy and invoking the continuance of these blessings;” and

WHEREAS, The Pilgrim fathers, in the Mayflower Compact, America’s first written constitution, made a covenant to “form a civil body politic” “for the glory of God and the advancement of the Christian faith;” and

WHEREAS, Our Founding Fathers recognized the nature of this covenant relationship whereby the success and prosperity of the nation is dependent upon America’s respect for the Lord and adherence to His ways; and

WHEREAS,  In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation as requested by the United States Senate which recognized that, “It’s the duty of nations to own their dependence on the overruling power of God” and, “That those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.”

WHEREAS, In 1789 both Houses of Congress requested President George Washington to issue the First Thanksgiving Proclamation which states: “Whereas, it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, to obey His Will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly implore His protection, and favor…and unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations, and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions…”

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BRERETON C. JONES, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, do hereby proclaim November 21 – 27, in the Year of our Lord 1993 as CHRISTIAN HERITAGE WEEK.

in Kentucky, and call on the citizens of the Commonwealth, to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, the need to obey His Will, be grateful for His benefits, unite in humbly offering prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations, and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions.

DONE AT THE CAPITOL, in the City of Frankfort, this Thanksgiving Day, the 1^st day of November, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-three and in the 202^nd year of the Commonwealth.

BRERETON C. JONES

GOVERNOR

Bob Babbage

Secretary of State