Mississippi Proclamation (August 24, 1994) signed by Governor Kirk Fordice declaring November 20-November 26, 1994, as "Christian Heritage Week.” (A similar Proclamation was also signed August 23, 1993.):
<WHEREAS, In 1994, we again reflect on the goals set forth in past years to understand and recapture our Christian Heritage and to reestablish our original freedom of religious concepts; and...
WHEREAS, James Madison also advocated, "The diffusion of the light of Christianity in our nation" in his Memorial and Remonstrance; and
WHEREAS, Let us now refrain from excluding from our teachings, our textbooks and our thoughts the importance of religious values and activities in America's private, public and political life; and
WHEREAS, May we also remember the words in the Declaration of Independence when the Framers noted, "And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor":
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Kirk Fordice, Governor of the State of Mississippi, hereby proclaim November 20 through November 26, 1994,
"CHRISTIAN HERITAGE WEEK"
in the State of Mississippi and encourage our citizens to join in remembering that individual faith is the power that inspires men of goodwill to lay foundations and to pursue noble goals for themselves and their country.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Mississippi to be affixed.
DONE at the Capitol, in the City of Jackson, August 24, 1994, in the two hundred and nineteenth year of the United States of America.
Kirk Fordice, Governor
By the Governor, D.M., Secretary of State.> 1994MS001
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1994MS001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Mississippi, August 24, 1994, the State of Mississippi issued an Executive Proclamation declaring November 20-November 26, 1994, as "Christian Heritage Week," signed by Governor Kirk Fordice and Secretary of State, D.M., in the Capitol City of Jackson. A similar Proclamation was also signed August 23, 1993. Courtesy of Bruce Barilla, Christian Heritage Week Ministry (P.O. Box 58, Athens, W.V. 24712; 304-384-7707, 304-384-9044 fax).