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Community Proclamation
WHEREAS, the American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 on September 16`h as a
wartime veterans organization based on the four pillars of Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation,
National Security, Americanism, and Children & Youth; and
WHEREAS, over the years, the American Legion has become a preeminent community-service
organization which now numbers more than 2.5 million members — men and women — in over
14,000 American Legion posts worldwide working a variety of programs that support the four
pillars and benefit our nation's veterans, its service members, their families, the youth of
America and its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the members of the American Legion are dedicated to upholding the ideals of
freedom and democracy, while working to make a difference in the lives of fellow Americans;
and
WHEREAS, the 2017 observance of American Legion Day provides an opportunity to recognize
Legionnaires in our community for their many contributions to our community.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, James B. Hovland, Mayor of the City of Edina, Minnesota do hereby
proclaim September 16, 2017 as
THE AMERICAN LEGION DAY
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ixt of September, in the year of
the Lord two thousand seventeen.
mes B. Hovland, Mayor—