Constitution Week proclaimed in Crowley

WHEREAS, September 17, 2014, marks the 227th anniversary of the 1787 Constitutional Convention where the Constitution of the United States was finalized and signed, thus outlining the fundamental principles by which our nation is governed; and

WHEREAS, popular sovereignty provided for our government to be created by and for the people, while the rule of law required that government be guided by a set of laws, rather than by any individual group or entity; federalism provides for the sharing of governing power between our national government and individual state governments; and

WHEREAS, the Constitution ensures the distribution of functions and responsibilities among three separate branches and a system of checks and balances to calibrate those powers, guaranteeing individual rights and liberties against government encroachment; and

WHEREAS, we ask that our citizens reaffirm the ideals the framers of the Constitution had in 1787 by vigilantly protecting the freedoms guaranteed to us through this guardian of our liberties, remembering that lost rights may never be regained.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Greg A. Jones, Mayor of the City of Crowley do hereby proclaim the week of September 17 through 23 as

Constitution Week

and ask our citizens to reaffirm the ideals of the Framers of the Constitution had in 1787 by vigilantly protecting the freedoms guaranteed to us through this guardian of our liberties, remembering that lost rights may never be rehained.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and officially caused the Great Seal of the City of Crowley, Louisiana to be affixed this the 5th day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand fourteen.

s/Greg A. Jones, Mayor

City of Crowley, Louisiana