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<br />Office of the MAYOR
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<br />CITY OF y~ LA PORTE
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<br />~= Thnoughau~ aurc na~i.an'e h.i~t~ony ocur. c.irti.zeru, who
<br />.aenved ~.n eomba~ nod oney gave ~he,vc .P.ived 6u~ have
<br />endured eap~,i.v.cty by a ha~vsh and cnuee enemy; and
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<br />WH~R~AS, numenoua 7exana were pn.iaanerra o~ wan an .P.i~~ed ae m.i~sa.cng
<br />.cn ae~,%an du~u,ng ~h.e ma~,n ean~.P.i.e.~ tin wh~.ch the United Sated hab
<br />~augh~; and
<br />WH~R~AS, .cn. ~ue~.i,2~ing ~he.in duly as eiti.zenb, they have defended
<br />Ameni.ca.n .cdeaQa wh.%ee under the abba.eute con~ico.e a~ the enemy; and
<br />WH~R~AS, a,2e Amen~,eanis dhau,ed neeagnize the apeei.ae debt we awe ~o
<br />our be.P,eow c.,i.#,i.zena, wha, ~.n the act a~ aenv.ing au~c na~,i.an, ne.P.inqu.i.ahed
<br />~h.e,ilr. bneedam ~faa~ we m.igh~ en~ay ~h.e b.eedd~.ng o4 peace and .?.i.behty; and
<br />WII~R~AS, ~hene are .a~c,P,e denv~,eemen and eiv.c,Zi.avu; b~,e,ee m.i,bd.cng, a~
<br />whom 2, 490 are d~,c,P,e unaccounted ion ad a nedu,P.t ab the V~.e~n.am wan; and
<br />WffFR~AS, Ju~ey 20, ] 984, hoe been deatigna teal ae a day ~o honor a~P,e
<br />bonmen pni~sonelra o~ wan, and ~ha.ae d~,%Q2 m-idb.i.ng, and ~a remember ~lie.i~r.
<br />~ami,Q,i,e~, neeat%veb anal ~jri.end,~, and a.Ze wha e~,c,P~e endure the pa.Ln and
<br />b.c,#,te~cnee~ o ~ wan and a ~ an unFznawn ~a~e.
<br />NOW, Tfl~R~1:OR~, I, VIRGINIA CLINE, MAYOR o~ the C.c.~y a~ La Pante,
<br />Texas, da hereby pnaceaim Ju~ey 20, 1984, .cn accordance w.cth Cangneba.c.onae
<br />action, a~
<br />POW-MIA RECOGNITION UAy
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<br />.c,n. ~h.e C.cty a~ La Pa~rte, ad a day ded,i.ea~ed ~a a,P,e farmer p+ri~anen.3 a~
<br />war, ~a ~ha~e eenv.i.eemen and eiv.c.P.ia.rus d~,c,P,e uvutceaunted far, and ~a
<br />~he.i~r, gam.c,Q,iea, and urge a.Ze e.c~.izen~ ~o ~a.in .in hanani.ng Rhode wha made
<br />the uncommon .aacni~~.eea o~ be.ing heed cap~,ive .in wan, and ~a honor ab we.P,e
<br />~h.eur..eoved ane,~ wha have aeaa eu~gened va~ia.n~ey and pa~,ien~ey.
<br />IN WITNESS WiI~R~OF, I have hereun~a ae~ my hand and eaubed ~di.e Sea,e
<br />og the C.cty a~ La Pane ~a be a~~~.xed hene~o, the 1 Soh day o~ Ju,ey,
<br />1984.
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<br />.cng.cnc,a ne, ayan
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