PROCLAMATION

CITY OF NORTH LAUDERDALE

WHEREAS, the United States was founded and peopled by individuals of many different ethnic and racial origins; and

WHEREAS, in 2006, the President and Congress proclaimed the month of June as National Caribbean American Heritage Month; and

WHEREAS, the state of Florida has a population which represents highly diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds including a high percent of Caribbean Americans; and

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jack Brady, by the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of North Lauderdale, Florida do hereby designate the month of June 2007 as

NATIONAL CARIBBEAN

HERITAGE MONTH

in North Lauderdale with the fervent hope that Americans everywhere will take this time to accept and wholeheartedly celebrate the diversity of our Nation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of North Lauderdale to be affixed this 19th day of June, 2007.

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MAYOR JACK BRADY