HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 84- ROTC Awareness Week October 1-7 1984
PRO C LAM A T ION
ROTC AWARENESS WEEK
October 1-7, 1984
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WHEREAS, the Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC) has been an
integral part of the educational process in Montana since
1896, and the Air Force Reserve Officer's Training Program
has been a part of Montana State University in Bozeman,
Montana, since its inception in 1946: and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate that all citizens of Bozeman honor those
young men and women who have taken that extra step to
educate themselves fbr peace and prepare themselves to
defend the freedom of our country: and
WHEREAS, Montana State University is a land grant institution whose
basic charter is to include the teaching of military tactics
and the Air Force Reserve Officer's Training Program is
dedicated to teaching these tactics, in addition to training
young men and women to be professional officers:
NOW, THEREFORE , I, Kenneth L. Weaver, Mayor of the City of Bozeman,
do hereby proclaim the week of October 1, 1984, as
ROTC AWARENESS WEEK
and do urge all citizens of the City of Bozeman to pay tribute to
the young men and women students who are a part of this important
program, and to the Air Force officers and NCO's who train these
cadets. I have full confidence that their contribution to the United
States, the State of Montana, and the City of Bozeman, will help to
ensure world peace for years to come.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the great seal
of the city of Bozeman, in the State
of Montana, to be affixed at Bozeman,
Montana, this 1st day of October, in
the year of Our Lord, One Thousand
Nine Hundred and Eighty-Four.