Kentucky Proclamation (August 1, 1996) signed by Governor Paul E. Patton declaring November 24-November 30, 1996, as "Christian Heritage Week”:
<WHEREAS, We the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky are grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political, and religious liberties, we enjoy; and
WHEREAS, Our Christian heritage provides an important context for understanding our past which is the key to planning our future; and
WHEREAS, Abraham Lincoln in his great prayer proclamation said, "It is the duty of nations to own their dependence on the overruling power of God" and, "That those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord"; and
WHEREAS, The birth of Christian camp meetings is believed to have started in 1799 in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; and
WHEREAS, Celebrations of Thanksgiving from the earliest times signified the centrality to Christian society of perseverance in the face of adversity; and
WHEREAS, The Commonwealth of Kentucky has made notable contributions to the preserving of our Christian heritage and our constitutional republic.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Paul E. Patton, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, do hereby proclaim November 24-30, 1996 as
America's Christian Heritage Week in Kentucky.
Done at the Capitol, in the City of Frankfort, this the 1st day of August, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-six and in the 205th year of the Commonwealth.
Paul E. Patton, Governor
John Y. Brown, Secretary of State.> 1996KY001
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1996KY001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Kentucky, August 1, 1996, in an Executive Proclamation declaring November 24-November 30, 1996, as "Christian Heritage Week," signed by Governor Paul E. Patton and Secretary of State John Y. Brown, in the Capitol City of Frankfort. Courtesy of Bruce Barilla, Christian Heritage Week Ministry (P.O. Box 58, Athens, W.V. 24712; 304-384-7707, 304-384-9044 fax).