Virginia
CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION
By virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution in the Governor of the
Commonwealth of Virginia, there is hereby officially recognized:
AMERICA’S CHRISTIAN HERITAGE WEEK
WHEREAS, the formation of the Virginia Colony began April 10, 1606 with the First Charter of Virginia having among the several purposes of the company being “propagating Christian Religion”; one hundred and four English settlers on April 26, 1607, landed on the shores of Virginia; and
WHEREAS, these settlers planted a cross at what they called Cape Henry and offered a prayer of thanksgiving and dedication of the land to God: “…. That from these very shores the gospel shall go forth to not only this New World, but the entire world”, and this landing resulted in the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown; and
WHEREAS, our Virginia history is replete with references to the Bible, the Ten Commandments, and faith in God from George Washington, Patrick Henry, and James Madison; and
WHEREAS, the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights all flowed from authors having similar views;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, George Allen, Governor, do hereby recognize November 20-26, 1994, as CHRISTIAN HERITAGE WEEK in the COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, and I call this observance to the attention of all our citizens.
George Allen
Governor
Becky Davis Beamer
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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