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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2002-147 <br />BY: MAYOR MUSIAL and ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL <br />A RESOLUTION DECLARING NOVEMBER 11, 2002 "VETERANS DAY" <br />IN NORTH OLM5TED, OHIO AND TO SALUTE, HONOR AND <br />REMEMBER OUR VETERANS AT A VETERANS DAY CEREMONY ON <br />NOVEMBER 11, 2002 AT OLD TOWN HALL, <br />AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY <br />WHEREAS, on the first anniversary of the truce of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson <br />issued a proclamation in 1919 eulogizing fallen Allied soldiers and referred to November 11th as <br />Armistice Day. This day became a day of remembrance in the United States, France, Great Britain <br />and Canada; and <br />WIMREAS, Veterans Day acquired its present identification and broadened significance in <br />the United States in 1954; and <br />WHEREAS, Veterans Day is a day of remembrance observed annually in the United States <br />in honor of those living and dead, who served with the United States armed forces in wartime; and <br />WHEREAS, there are many veterans we must remember going all the way back to the earliest <br />days of the United States of America. <br />WHEREAS, our veterans will be saluted, honored and remembered at a Veterans Day <br />Ceremony on November 11, 2002 at Old Town Hall. <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH <br />OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO: <br />SECTION 1. That this Mayor and City Council recognize the sacrifices that veterans have <br />made to the United States of America, ensuring freedom for all Americans and therefore, does adopt <br />and declare November 11, 2002, as "Veterans Day" in North Olmsted, Ohio: To salute, honar and <br />remember our veterans at a Veterans Day Ceremony on November 11, 2002 at Old Town Ha11. <br />? .,< .