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PROCLAMATION: Constitution Week I September 17 - 23, 2023,
September 19, 2023 - REGULAR MEETING OF THE MOUNT
PROSPECT VILLAGE BOARD
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PROCLAMATION
CONSTITUTION WEEK
SEPTEMBER 17 - SEPTEMBER 23, 2023
WHEREAS, our Founding Fathers, in order to secure the blessings of liberty for themselves
and their pooterdy, did ordain and establish a Constitution for the United States of America-,
and
WHEREAS, at the culmination of months of deliberation, debate and oompmm|mm. on
September 17, 1787, the Constitution of the United States of America was signed; and
WHEREAS, this document, crafted by these early patriots enshrines our enduring faith in the
notion that being a citizen is about more than circumstances of birth -- we are bound together
by our beliefs, our unalienable rights, and the idea that we must accept certain obligations to
one another and nnfuture genamUono�and
WHEREAS, The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution
which greatly expanded the protection of civil rights to all Americans was adopted on July 9,
1808 and
WHEREAS, the Constitution embodies the equal treatment equal rights of all c|Uzona, by
birth ornaturalization; and
WHEREAS, through all its changes over the years, the Constitution's foundation has endured
and edapted�and diathe aupmmelaw ofour |ond�and
VVHEREAS, the adoption of the Constitution and the independence guaranteed to American
C0zano, whether by birth or by nutunu|izaUon, should be celebrated by appropriate
ceremonies and activities during Constitution Week.
NOW, THEREFORE, 1, Paul Wm. Hoefert, Mayor of the Village of Mount Prospect do hereby
proclaim:
September 17through September 23,2O23amConstitution Week
In the Village Of Mount Prospect and | encourage all citizens to reflect during this week on
the many benefits nfour Federal Constitution and the responsibilities and privileges of
American Citizenship.
Paul Wm. Hoefert
Mayor
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Karen M. Agoranoo
Village Clerk