Backup Documents 03/25/2025 Item # 4DPROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017, signed into law by President Donald
Trump, designated March 29 as National Vietnam War Veterans Day; and
WHEREAS, Collier County contributed a number of their sons and daughters to the Vietnam War effort
between 1963 and 1975; and
WHEREAS, Collier County and the Sarasota National Cemetery mark the resting places of several
Collier County residents who "made the ultimate sacrifice" during the Vietnam War and
other wars; and
WHEREAS, we recognize the additional sacrifices made by our Vietnam -era veterans as they served in
a particularly divisive and troubled period in our nation's history; and
WHEREAS, Collier County has become the residence of choice of many Vietnam -era veterans; and
WHEREAS, Collier County, through its many government and private veteran organizations and their
auxiliaries, provides excellent care and support for the Vietnam -era veterans and, indeed,
all of our veterans; and
WHEREAS, we in govemment and particularly in Collier County, assure the brothers -in -arms, family,
friends, and relations of all those troops who "made the ultimate sacrifice" in the Vietnam
War and all previous and following wars that we will never forget and always honor the
sacrifices made by you and your loved ones;
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida,
that March 29, 2025, be designated as
NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 25TH Day of March, 2025
Board of County Commissioners
Coll r County, Fl 4da
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Burt L. Saunders, Chairman