6133-87 Participate in Bicentennial Celebrations of the NW

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Resolution No. 6133-87 BY~ Brown, Chinnock, Gallagher, Graham, McBride, Salmon, Wendling A RESOLUTION declaring participation by the City of Lakewood in the Bicentennial Celebrations of 'the Northwest Ordinance and the United States Constitution. WHEREAS, the year 1987 marks the 2fdGth anniversary of the passage of the Northwest Ordinance and the United States Constitution, and WHEREAS, the Northwest Ordinance is one of the fundamental documents in American history, growing out of the libertarian spirit of the American Revolution and leading directly to the creation of the great states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota, and WHEREAS, Ohio's role in the events associated with the Ordinance is unique in that it became the first state to enter the Union under the terms of the Ordinance, and WHEREAS, the Constitution, as ratified, embodies the ideals of liberty under law and was designed to maintain our free government in perpetuity as a more perfect union and to secure the blessings of liberty by consent of the governed, and WHEREAS, throughout the Bicentennial Constitution Year of 1987 every American will be moved to give special attention and regard to the unique and truly inspired actions undertaken in Philadelphia two hundred years ago by which a fragile and untested democracy transformed itself into a great nation ready and willing to take its rightful place among the Sovereign Peoples of the world, and WHEREAS, as citizens of the United States, Ohio, and the community of Lakewood, by virtue of our pride in the doctrines espoused in these two documents, do choose to Commemorate and Celebrate the 2GIGIth anniversary of their creation, now; therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Mayor, all Members of this Council, the Officers of the Administration, and the people of the City of Lakewood, do hereby honor the Northwest Ordinance and the Constitution of the United States of America, and give public Thanksgiving for the special privilege that has been given to each of them to live their lives as free women and men in a free society. Section 2. That Members of this Council and the Mayor, alternately, shall invite a member of the community to each regularly scheduled meeting of this Council commencing with the meeting following the adoption of this Resolution, throughout the year of 1987, to read aloud the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America immediately following the taking of the Roll. 1