STATE OF NEW MEXICO EXECUTIVE OFFICE SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO

Proclamation

WHEREAS,THE CITIZENS OF NEW MEXICO CHOOSE TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEMORATE THE CHRISTIAN HERITAGE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND NEW MEXICO; AND

WHEREAS,THE CHRISTIAN HERITGAE OF OUR NATION IS RECOGNIZED IN THE ACCOMLISHMENTS 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 CHILDNRE ABOUT THE HISTORICAL CHRISTIAN HERITAGE OF OUR NATION FROM ITS DISCOVERY AND CONCEPTION TO ITS CONITNUAL APPLICATION IS EDUCATIONAL AND VIRTUOUS; AND

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

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

NOW, THEREFORE I,GARY E. JOHNSON, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE 7^THTHROUGH THE 13^THOF NOVEMBER 1999 AS

“CHRISTIAN

HERITAGE WEEK” 

THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO.

DONE AT THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE  THIS 27^THDAY OF OCTOBER, 1999.  WITNESS MY HAND AND THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO

ATTEST:

REBECCA VIGIL-GIRON

SECRETARY OF STATE

GARY E. JOHNSON

GOVERNOR