0366 RESOLUTION NO. 366 ( #7 -86)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE,
ARKANSAS, IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL FLAG DAY, JUNE 14, 1986,
AND TO ENCOURAGE PATRIOTISM BY PROMOTING THE PAUSE FOR THE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE; AND OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO
WHEREAS, the Continental Congress of the United States
adopted a National flag on June 14, 1777; and
WHEREAS, the United States Congress officially designated
June 14 as National Flag Day in 1949; and
WHEREAS, the Star - Spangled Banner Flag House has officially
sponsored Flag Week since 1952; and
WHEREAS, the National Flag Day Foundation, in Baltimore,
Maryland, was created in 1982 to plan National Flag Day
ceremonies and to encourage patriotism by promoting the
PAUSE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE; and
WHEREAS, this year on June 14, 1986, at 6 P.M. (CST),
Americans everywhere in the Nation, led by President Reagan
and Governors of the 50 states, are asked to pause to say
the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States
of America.
BE IT NOW RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Jacksonville, Arkansas, urge its citizens to join in this
effort.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of May 1986.
ES G. REID, YOR
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