2013-05-01 Law Day May 1 2013 PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
PROCLAMATION
LAW DAY May 1,2013
"Realizing the Dream: Equality for All"
WHEREAS, Law Day is a day of public acknowledgment of our nation's and Virginia's
heritage of justice, liberty and equality under the law, and May 1st has been declared "Law Day"
by the United States Congress; and
WHEREAS, The American Bar Association has declared the theme for Law Day 2013
as "Realizing the Dream: Equality for All"; and
WHEREAS, this year's theme recognizes the inextricable link between freedom and
equality, the importance of living up the promise of equality under the law enshrined in our
nation's founding documents, and the challenges that remain in realizing that ideal; and
WHEREAS, the year 2013 marks the 150th anniversary of the issuance of the
Emancipation Proclamation, as well as the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs
and Freedom and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a Dream" speech; and
WHEREAS, all Americans are entitled to equal protection of the law and to the
unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; then
NOW,THEREFORE,the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors, in accordance with
Public Law 87-20, as amended, does hereby proclaim May 1, 2013, as Law Day in Pittsylvania
County and urges all community residents, school administrators, teachers and students, business
and civic leaders, and legal professionals and law students to acknowledge the importance of our
legal and judicial systems of the United States, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the County
of Pittsylvania, and to support this national day by participating in Law Day activities.
Given under my hand this day 16th day of April, 2013.
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Marshall A. Ecker, C airman
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors
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William D. Sleeper, C rk
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors