THE POST-SIGNAL / Saja Hoffpauir
On Friday, Sept. 5, Crowley Mayor Greg Jones, seated, signed a proclamation recognizing Sept. 17 through 23 as Constitution Week in the city of Crowley. On hand for the event were members of the Daughters of the American Revolution Acadia Chapter Constitution Week Committee, from left, JoAnne Arnaud, Constitution Week Committee Chair and Honorary State Regent Barbara de la Houssaye, Cathy Richard, Chapter Regent Kay Frugé and Joanna Pruitt. Constitution Week resulted from the efforts of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). In 1955, the DAR proposed having the week of Sept. 17-23 designated as a week for celebrating the signing of the U.S. Constitution. That same year, the DAR succeeded in getting Congress to approve the proposal, which was signed into law by President Eisenhower.
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
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