HomeMy WebLinkAboutExpressing deep sorrow for the loss of John Fitzgerald Kennedy RESOLUTION
NUHBER 57---63
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
NOVEMBER 25, 1 963
Attest: City Clerk
Attest: / President of Common Council.
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
NOVEMBER 26, 1963
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City Clerk
Approved and signed by me NOVEMBER 26, 19 63
Mayor
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY, the President of the
United States, died in the City of Dallas, Texas, on November 22,
1963, at the hand of an assassin; and,
WHEREAS, the residents of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
are grieved and disturbed at the great loss to our community, to our
Country, to the world and to the family; and,
WHEREAS, the residents of the City of South Bend have
joined and desire to continue to join all peoples in paying tribute
to this great American and to this great man of our world; and,
WHEREAS, JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY has been the beacon of
light in these troubled times in this world of ours and through
him a cold war was turned into peace and unemployment and poverty
were turned into prosperity and through him all people were considered
and recognized as human beings.
NOW, THEREFORE, WE, THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH
BEND, INDIANA, express our deep sorrow and the sorrow of our community
at the loss of this great human being and we recognize that his past
has been short but his doings during this past will make our future
brighter for our world.
BE IT RESOLVED FURTHER that this Council go on record as
pledging its cooperation to the President of the United States LYNDON
BAINES JOHNSON, and we hope and pray that with all America working
together PRESIDENT LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON will carry on the great works
of JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY.
DATED THIS 25th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1963.