Proclamation - City Council - 3/29/2016 - Vietnam Veterans DayStan Ridgeway City of Eat Council Members:
Mayor P.O. Box 1520 Jeff Kunz
Eagle, Idaho 83616 Stan Bastian
Naomi Preston
208 - 939 -6813 Craig Soelberg
Vietnam Veterans Day Proclamation
March 29, 2016
WHEREAS, thirty eight years ago, on March 29, 1973, the last 2,500 troops were withdrawn from
South Vietnam thus ending military involvement in what is now the longest war in our country's history,
and
WHEREAS, the 58,195 honorable and brave souls who fought and died during the Vietnam War, ones
who are missing, and those who died since from the consequences of that war, deserve the eternal
gratitude and respect of this nation, and
WHEREAS, this expression of gratitude and respect to the Vietnam Veterans and their families will
also give hope and assurance, to current and future generations of our Nation's Defenders and their
respective families, that their sacrifice and service will not be forgotten and deserving of a distinct
recognition of the eternal gratitude and respect of this nation, and
WHEREAS, this expression of gratitude and respect for the honorable sacrifice and service by the
Vietnam Veteran, past as well as current and future generations of our nation's defenders and their
respective families, needs to remain in the hearts and thoughts of our fellow citizens forever, passed on
from generation to generation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Stan Ridgeway, Mayor of the City of Eagle, do hereby proclaim March
29, 2016 as
Vietnam Veterans Day
DATED this 22th day of March, 2016.
in the City of Eagle.
Stan Ridgeway,
Mayor of Eagle