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SELECT BOARD OFFICE
PROCLAMATION
Whereas: Lexington supports the Great Seal of the United States of America which bears the inscription,E
Pluribus Unum, which translates from Latin as "Out of many, one'; and
Whereas: the greatest asset of the Town of Lexington is its people; and
Whereas: the Town of Lexington is comprised of multicultural,multiethnic and multiracial citizens;and
Whereas: friendship, collegiality, civility,respect, and kindness are commonly shared ideals of the
collective citizenry of the Town of Lexington; and
Whereas: the Towards E Pluribus Unum Initiative has invited communities across the United States of
America to join in introspection and reflection on the beauty and richness of the diverse peoples
of this great nation while reaching out with a spirit of amity toward one another annually on the
second Sunday in June; and
Whereas: H.2745,Chapter 163 of Acts of 2015 of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts establishes the
Second Sunday in June Annually as Race Amity Day; and
Whereas: on March 23,2017,His Excellency; Charles D.Baker, Governor of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, declared the second Sunday in June, annually as Race Amity Day,and urged all
the citizens of the Commonwealth to take cognizance of this event and participate fittingly in its
observance.
NOW, THEREFORE, WE, THE SELECT BOARD of the Town of Lexington,Massachusetts do hereby recognize the
second Sunday in June annually as
Race Amity Day
as a day of introspection and reflection on the beauty and richness of the diverse peoples of this great nation while
reaching out with a spirit of amity toward one another.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,we havq set our hands and caused the seal of Lexington to be affixed herewith on the 281h of
May 2020.
DOUGLAS M FNTF,,CHAIR ! .P .PATO
SUZANNE E.XARRY A I.H I
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MARK D.SANDFFN