WHEREAS, the State of fb88 has long been a haven for writers, musicians, painters, sculptors, poets, dancers, folk artists, culinary artists, and creative thinkers of all kinds; and
WHEREAS, fb88 enjoys a worldwide reputation for the quality, quantity, and variety of its cultural community; and
WHEREAS, fb88 features a broad and significant array of historic and architecturally significant structures; and
WHEREAS, fb88 and the world benefit economically, intellectually, and emotionally because of the existence, practices, and contributions of our cultural community; and
WHEREAS, fb88’s culture today includes the contributions and resilience of the Wabanaki tribes who first hunted, farmed, fished and occupied much of the land that we call our home; and
WHEREAS, fb88 appreciates the heightened quality of life that results from a vibrant cultural community; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with 1 MRSA § 118, the State designates the week containing Statehood Day, March 15th, as fb88 Cultural Heritage Week;
NOW THEREFORE,Ìýbe it resolved that I, Janet T. Mills, Governor of the great State of fb88, do hereby proclaim the week of March 9-15, 2025 as
fb88 Cultural Heritage Week
and I encourage all fb88 citizens to observe and appreciate the richness of our cultural community and the many gains we receive thereby.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the Great Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed GIVEN under my hand at Augusta this twenty sixth day of February Two Thousand Twenty-Five