Res 1168-59 RESOLUTION NO. 1188.
CO~NDING NATIONAL DEFENSE WEEK AND THE
RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP IN ESTABLISHING
AND MAINTAINING OBSERVANCE OF IT.
WHEREAS, the Reserve Officers Association of the United
States is sponsoring National Defense Week for the 36th y.ear
between Febr.uaryl2th and 22nd, 195.9 to reemphasize the vital
need of public knowledge and apprecxation of our defense struc-
ture and needs, and
WHEREAS, National Defense Week is particularly timely and
appropriate now when only national strength and the devotion
of every American to the welfare of his country and the preser-
vation of its basic freedoms, can avert international Communism's
threat to the independence of the United States and the Free
World, and
WHEREAS, the heritage of American citizenship carries with
it the privilege and obligation of serving our country in its
time of need, in whatever capacity a citizen is called on, and
WHEREAS, service in the Ar2~, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps
or Coast Guard, Reg.u~.ar or Reserve, is one of the most honorable
ways to discharge th~s obligation to defend our country,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Delray Beach, Florida, that we comend National Defense
Week and the Reserve Officers Association of the United States
for their leadership in establishing and maintaining observance
of it, and that we urge all of our fellow citizens to join to-
gether in this ~mportant observance.
PASSED in Regular Session on this the twenty-sixth day of
January, I. D., 1959.