New Jersey Proclamation (October 31, 1995) signed by Governor Christine Todd Whitman declaring November 19-November 25, 1995, as "Christian Heritage Week":
<WHEREAS, during 1995, we 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, George Washington stated, "It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection, aid, and favors"; and
WHEREAS, 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, Christine Todd Whitman, Governor of the State of New Jersey, do hereby proclaim Thanksgiving Week November 19 to November 25, 1995 as
Christian Heritage Week
in New Jersey, and encourage our citizens to join in remembering that individual faith is in the power that inspires men of goodwill to lay foundations and to pursue noble goals for themselves and for their country.
Given, under my hand and the Great Seal of the State of New Jersey, this thirty-first day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five and of the Independence of the United States, the two hundred and nineteenth.
Christine Todd Whitman, Governor
By the Governor, Lonna R. Hooks, Secretary of State.> 1995NJ001
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1995NJ001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). New Jersey, October 31, 1995, in an Executive Proclamation declaring November 19-November 25, 1995, as "Christian Heritage Week," signed by Governor Christine Todd Whitman and Secretary of State Lonna R. Hooks. Courtesy of Bruce Barilla, Christian Heritage Week Ministry (P.O. Box 58, Athens, W.V. 24712; 304-384-7707, 304-384-9044 fax).