HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 05151990 - 90/2957O BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Gary Villalba Contra
Veterans Service Officer
Costa
DATE: May 15, 1990 CN '
SUBJECT: MEMORIAL DAY, May 28, 1990
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SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
Resolutlion No. 90/ 295
WHEREAS, on May 28, 1990, Americans will celebrate Memorial Day
to honor the men and women who have given their lives in service
to this country and defense of our precious freedoms and to honor
the many who were prepared to do the same; and
WHEREAS, Memorial Day was originally observed to pay tribute to
soldiers killed in the Civil War and now is a time to honor the
over one million Americans who- died in service to their country,
the millions more who returned from battle with physical and
mental disabilities, and our POW/MIA' s, who we shall .never
forget; and
WHEREAS, on Memorial Day at cemeteries and monuments across this
great nation, traditional ceremonies take place to post American
flags as a reminder that our freedom and liberty were secured at
a great cost; and
WHEREAS, on Memorial Day we also acknowledge the sacrifice and
sorrow of parents who lost sons or daughters, spouses who lost
their partners in life, and children. who may have lost a parent
due to the cruelty of war; and
WHEREAS; Memorial Day may also signify to many the beginning of
summer, a time for family gathering and celebration, or, perhaps ,
a time to picnic at the park or the beach, or to attend a
ballgame;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY does hereby urge all county residents to
memorialize, on May 28, 1990, the valor and supreme sacrifice of
our veterans and those who gave their all for us to live in
freedom.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: .//CG''A (/ •
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON 15. 199 0 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES. AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED May .15, 1990
Veterans Service Officer
PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BYM382/7-83 DEPUTY