Mayor honors Constitution with signed proclamation

On Thursday, Sept. 17, at Atlanta’s City Hall, Mayor Travis Ransom honored the Constitution, the touchstone of western democracy, with a written proclamation reaffirming Sept. 17 through Sept. 23 as Constitution Week.

On Aug. 2, 1956, a congressional joint resolution authorized and compelled the President of the United States of America to proclaim the week beginning September 17 and ending September 23 of each year as Constitution Week.

“The Constitution defines the structure of our federal government. It is the most remarkable political charter in history”, Ransom said.

Ransom signed the document while joined by two members of the Trammel’s Trace chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Traci Jones, Regent and Carolyn Addington, Vice Regent.

“DAR is an organization of descendants of those who served during the Revolutionary War”, Ransom said, “Their aim is to educate and preserve the history of this important moment in time as the foundation of our country was created.”

The document can be read in its entirety here:

PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, September 17, 2020, marks the two hundred and thirty-third anniversary of the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America by the Constitutional Convention; and

WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper to accord official recognition to this magnificent document and its memorable anniversary; and to the patriotic celebrations which will commemorate the occasion; and

WHEREAS, Public Law 915 guarantees the issuing of a proclamation each year by the President of the United States of America designating September 17th through 23rd as

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Travis Ransom, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of Atlanta, Texas do hereby proclaim the week of September 17th through 23rd as

CONSTITUTION WEEK

AND as our citizens to reaffirm the ideals of the framers of the constitution had in 1787 by vigilantly protecting the freedoms guaranteed to us through this guardian of our liberties, remembering that lost rights may never be regained.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and cause the Seal of the City of Atlanta to be affixed this 17th day of September of the year of our Lord two thousand twenty.