September
14, 2006
9/14/2006
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
2006
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, in 1988 the United States Congress authorized Hispanic Heritage Month to be observed from September 15 to October 15 to encourage all citizens to recognize, understand and appreciate the contributions of Hispanic-Americans; and
WHEREAS, according to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2006 study, more than 600,000 residents of North Carolina are of Hispanic background, and Americans of Hispanic descent make contributions in every facet of our society; and
WHEREAS, according to the UNC-CH study, more than $9.2 billion dollars flows into North Carolina’s economy by the state’s Hispanic community, and that has an enormous impact which positively contributes to the quality of life for all North Carolinians; and
WHEREAS, Hispanic Heritage Month pays tribute to and recognizes the numerous outstanding accomplishments, past and present, that these individuals made to our state, nation and the world;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHAEL F. EASLEY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim September 15 to October 15, 2006, as “HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH” in North Carolina and call upon the citizens of this State to observe and commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month as we move forward with our agenda for “One North Carolina.”
MICHAEL F. EASLEY
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this fourteenth day of September in the year of our Lord two thousand and six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.