WHEREAS:  Throughout this country’s history, the people of our great state and nation have worked together to ensure the preservation of the American ideals of freedom and liberty;
 
WHEREAS:  American patriotism has endured through times of turmoil and times of peace, carrying our nation through the darkest days of history and strengthening our commitment to the ideals upon which our country was founded;
 
WHEREAS:  A deepening appreciation for those ideals will help guarantee America’s spirit of freedom and liberty; and
 
WHEREAS:  In great reverence to the victims of the attacks on September 11, 2001, and recognition of the signing of the Constitution on September 17, 1787, Patriot Week is a time to celebrate the principles set forth by our Founding Fathers as well as the countless Patriots, vital documents, speeches, and the flags that helped make America the great nation it is today.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, I, SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS, Governor of the State of Arkansas, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the laws of the State of Arkansas, do hereby proclaim September 11-17, 2023 as
 

“PATRIOT WEEK IN ARKANSAS”

 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Arkansas to be affixed this 25th day of August, in the year of our Lord 2023.

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