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CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR ACTION
City Council Meeting Date: May 4, 2004
AGENDA ITEM: PROCLAMATION FOR THE AMERICAN
AGENDA SECTION: DEPT.
LEGION AUXILIARY POPPY DAYS
HEADS REPORTS
PREPARED BY: WILLIAM DROSTE, MAYOR
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ATTACHMENTS: PROCLAMATIONS
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APPROVED BY:
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to proclaim May 14 and 15 Rosemount Poppy Days
for the American Legion Auxiliary and Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary.
ACTION:
ISSUE Proclaim Poppy Days
BACKGROUND Mary Kropelnicki, representing the American Legion Auxiliary,
approached the City to make a proclamation for Poppy Days in Rosemount on May 14 and
May 15.
A copy of Governor Pawlenty's proclamation for Mayas Poppy Month is attached. It
promotes respect for those killed in war and veterans and their families.
SUMMARY
In support of the military personnel that have given so much of their lives to benefit this
nation, I would recommend the above motion to issue a proclamation for Poppy Days in
Rosemount.
CITY OF ROSEMO
U N T CITY HALL 2875 - 145th Street West
Rosemount, MN
55068 -4997
Phone: 651- 423 -4411
Hearing Impaired: 651 -423 -6219
Fax: 651 -423 -5203
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the poppy, as a memorial flower for the American dead, is a tradition which began
in the years following the First World War; and
WHEREAS, the Veterans returning to their homes in this country after World War I
remembered the wild poppies which lined the devastated battlefields of France and Flanders
Field; and
WHEREAS, the poppy is a symbol of hope for all veterans who served this great country
through military service; and
WHEREAS, the American Legion Auxiliary adapted the poppy as its memorial flower to pay
tribute to the war dead and aid the living veteran and their family.
THEREFORE, as Mayor of the City of Rosemount, I hereby do proclaim:
POPPY DAYS
May 14 and May 15, 2004
in the City of Rosemount and urge all citizens pay tribute to those who have made the ultimate
sacrifice in the name of freedom by wearing the Memorial Poppy on this day.
Mayor William H. Droste
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WHEREAS: The American Legion Auxiliary, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary have adopted the poppy as their
commemorative symbol; and
WHEREAS: The memorial poppy, assembled by disabled veterans, pays respectful
tribute to those killed in war, and also benefits living veterans and their
families; and
WHEREAS Public donation for poppies fund rehabilitation programs within each
local community that benefits veterans, their families, and ultimately our
state and nation.
Now THEREFORE I, TIM PAWLENTY, Governor of Minnesota, do hereby proclaim the
month of May 2004, as:
POPPY MONTH
in the State of Minnesota.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of
Minnesota to be affixed at the State Capitol this
XX day of April in the year of our Lord
two thousand and four, and of the State the
one hundred forty - fifth.
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