Proclamation Declaring Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day

Article Source: CA State Governor Newsom

Governor Newsom Issues Proclamation Declaring Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day

Published: Mar 29, 2019
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring tomorrow, March 30, 2019, as “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day” in the State of California.

The text of the proclamation is below:
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
As we commemorate the end of the Vietnam War, which claimed the lives of more than 58,000 U.S. service members, including 5,656 Californians, we pay tribute to the brave men and women who selflessly answered our nation’s call.

Despite their harrowing sacrifices – many suffering for the rest of their lives from the physical and mental wounds of war – our veterans did not receive the support and gratitude owed them upon returning home, a shameful reality we vow to never repeat. California is proud to stand by our veterans and is steadfastly committed to connecting them and their families with the benefits they have earned many times over, through education, advocacy and direct services.

Today, we reaffirm one of our most fundamental obligations as citizens of this great country: to honor those who have served and those who continue to serve with the respect, care and gratitude they profoundly deserve.

NOW THEREFORE I, GAVIN NEWSOM., Governor of the State of California, do hereby proclaim March 30, 2019, as “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.”

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of California to be affixed this 29th day of March 2019.
GAVIN NEWSOM
Governor of California
ATTEST:
ALEX PADILLA
Secretary of State

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