West Virginia Proclamation (February 10, 1995) signed by Governor Gaston Caperton declaring November 19-November 25, 1993, as "Christian Heritage Week":
<WHEREAS, West Virginia is richly blessed in natural beauty and natural resources, reflecting God's miracle of creation; and,
WHEREAS, the Bill of Rights to the Constitution of West Virginia and the United States guarantees freedom of religious speech and worship to all citizens of the Mountain State; and
WHEREAS, for many West Virginians, life in the one-room schoolhouse began with a daily Pledge of Allegiance, prayer, and Bible reading; and
WHEREAS, Psalm 127:1 warns, Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain; and
WHEREAS, Thanksgiving week is an appropriate time to center attention on thanks to Almighty God for His great and good Providence and for the Christian faith, which is a foundation of American history;
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it Resolved that I, Gaston Caperton, Governor of the State of West Virginia, do hereby proclaim November 19, 1995, through November 25, 1995, as:
"CHRISTIAN HERITAGE WEEK"
in West Virginia and encourage our citizens to acknowledge and appreciate the religious heritage of our great state and nation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of West Virginia to be affixed.
DONE at the Capitol City of Charleston, State of West Virginia, this the tenth day of February, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-five and in the One Hundred Thirty-second year of the State.
Gaston Caperton, Governor By the Governor
Ken Hechler, Secretary of State.> 1995WV001
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1995WV001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). West Virginia, February 10, 1995, in an Executive Proclamation declaring November 19-November 25, 1993, as "Christian Heritage Week," signed by Governor Gaston Caperton and Secretary of State Ken Hechler, in the Capitol City of Charleston. Courtesy of Bruce Barilla, Christian Heritage Week Ministry (P.O. Box 58, Athens, W.V. 24712; 304-384-7707, 304-384-9044 fax).