9/15/2009

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

2009

BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, North Carolina recognizes that Hispanic-Americans have been influential to the development and prosperity of our state and nation since its inception and will continue to help shape our future; and

WHEREAS, in 1988 the United States Congress authorized Hispanic Heritage Month to be observed from September 15 through October 15 to encourage all citizens to recognize, understand and appreciate the contributions of Hispanic-Americans; and

WHEREAS, we recognize the positive impact that Hispanic-Americans have had on social, cultural and economic development of this State and Nation; Hispanic-Americans enrich the quality of life in arts, sciences, sports, religion, business, education and public service, their contributions are an illustration of the best of North Carolina and all of the United States; and

WHEREAS, Hispanic-Americans serve our nation as members of all branches and at all levels of the Armed Forces as brave soldiers defending the freedoms we hold dear; and

WHEREAS, Hispanic-American leaders such as Senator Mel Martinez, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Astronaut Carlos Noriega, Actress Dolores del Rio, Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Luis Walter Alvarez, Writer and Pulitzer Prize Winner Oscar Hijuelos and Journalist Maria Hinojosa have made significant contributions through hard work, faith, and love of country; and

WHEREAS, Hispanic Heritage Month is a time to honor our state and nation’s rich Hispanic heritage and celebrate the contributions and influences of Hispanic-Americans that are part of who we are as a people;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim September 15 through October 15, 2009, as “HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH” in North Carolina and call upon the citizens of this State to observe and commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month.

BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord two thousand and nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fourth.

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