Proclamations
Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide
PROCLAMATIONBY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Between 1915 and 1923, Armenians were subjected to torture, starvation, mass murder and exile from their historic homeland. 1.5 million lost their lives. The Armenian Genocide, also known as the “First Genocide of...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Earth Day
PROCLAMATIONBY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIAEnergy All life on Earth depends on the radiant energy of the sun. Even the energy released when we burn fossil fuels originally came to our planet from the sun millions of years ago.Air The atmosphere provides us...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring John Muir Day
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” - John Muir John Muir (1838-1914) was a giant of a man. His vision of the pristine landscape as a source of spiritual renewal has become central to...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Days of Remembrance
PROCLAMATIONBY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WHEREAS, the Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945; six million Jews were murdered; Roma...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Rex Babin Day
PROCLAMATIONBY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA "It is difficult not to write satire," observed the Roman poet Juvenal at the close of the 1st Century A.D. Few understand this basic truth better than political cartoonists who, 2000 years later, wield the power...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Cesar Chavez Day
PROCLAMATIONBY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Eighty-five years ago today, César Chávez was born near his family farm in Yuma, Arizona. While he was still young, his family lost their farm in the Great Depression and became migrants following agricultural...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day
PROCLAMATIONBY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Over two million Americans served in the Vietnam War and related conflicts in Southeast Asia between 1959 and 1975. More than 58,000 did not return. Of those who survived, over 300,000 suffered physical injuries...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Tsunami Preparedness Week
PROCLAMATIONBY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Tsunami is a term of Japanese origin describing the high ocean waves that sometimes result from offshore seismic events. Over the past two hundred years, the coast of California has experienced at least two dozen...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Women’s Military History Week
PROCLAMATIONBY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA The first known woman soldier in the United States armed forces was Deborah Sampson of Massachusetts who, disguised as a man, served in the Revolutionary War. Throughout the history of our armed forces, women have...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Arbor Day
PROCLAMATIONBY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIAGold, Green Let it be On a day in March California; When the grass is green On the rolling hills And the snow Is deep in the mountains - Let it be On a day like this That we plant a tree California For the years to...
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