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CO U N T Y M I CHI G AN
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
September 2, 2021
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 421-342
Sponsored By: Michael Spisz
IN RE: Designating September 11 — 17, 2021 as Michigan Patriot Week in Oakland County
Chairperson and Members of the Board:
WHEREAS the year 2009 marked the inaugural observation of Michigan Patriot Week in Oakland County as a
celebration to "Reinvigorate the American Spirit and Constitution'` and
WHEREAS the history and the founding principles of the United States of America should serve as the
cornerstone of civic education. In great reverence to the victims of the 9/11 attacks, we acknowledge that
American citizens must take time to honor the principles and events that led to the creation of our nation, its
founders, documents, and symbols of our history; and
WHEREAS the events that led to the signing of The Constitution of the United States of America by the
delegates of the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787, have significance for every American and
are honored in public schools across the nation on September 17th as Constitution Day; and
WHEREAS our nation was founded on the principles outlined in the Declaration of independence, which
include:
1. All men are created equal.
2. They are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.
3. These basic rights are: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
4. Governments are to be instituted among men to secure these rights.
5. Governments derive their just power from the consent of the governed.
6. The people may alter or abolish the government if it destroys these stated principles; and
WHEREAS during Patriot Week we celebrate and honor the following:
September 11: Revolution
September 12:
The Rule of Law
September 13:
The Social Compact
September 14:
Equality - Gender
September 15:
Equality - Race
September 16:
Unalienable Rights
September 17:
Limited Government; and
WHEREAS exceptional, visionary, and indispensable Americans such as Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, John
Adams, John Marshall, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Jefferson, Cesar Chavez, and James Madison founded and
advanced the United States; and
WHEREAS the Bennington Flag, work of Betsy Ross, American Flag, Suffragist Flag, Union Flag, Gadsden
Flag, and the flag of the State of Michigan are key physical symbols of American history that should be studied
and remembered by each American citizen.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
designates September I 1 — 17, 2021, as Michigan Patriot Week, in Oakland County - symbolically beginning
this celebration on September l Ith and concluding on Constitution Day.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners urges the citizens,
government agencies, municipalities, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and schools of the State of Michigan
to recognize and participate in this extended holiday by honoring and celebrating the First Principles, key
historical figures, founding documents, and symbols of America so that they may offer the reverence that is due
to our free republic.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds is requested to forward
copies of this adopted resolution to the Michigan Council for Social Studies, Michigan Center for Civic
Education, State Board of Education, Oakland Schools, State Bar of Michigan, Oakland County Bar
Association, Oakland County Circuit Court, and Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Chairperson, the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: Michael Spisz.
-,, Date: September 17, 2021
Lisa Brown, County Clerk / Register of Deeds
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2021-09-10 Legislative Affairs & Government Operations - recommend to Board
2021-09-02 Full Board
VOTE TRACKING
Motioned by Commissioner Michael Gingell seconded by Commissioner William Miller III to adopt the
attached Resolution: Designating September 11 — 17, 2021 as Michigan Patriot Week in Oakland County.
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Gingell, Robert Hoffman, Michael Spisz, Karen Joliat, Kristen Nelson,
Christine Long, Philip Weipert, Gwen Markham, Angela Powell, Thomas Kuhn, Marcia Gershenson,
William Miller 111, Adam L. Kochenderfer, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Gary R. McGillivray,
Janet Jackson, Penny Luebs (19)
No: None (0)
Abstain: None (0)
Absent: Commissioner Kowall, Commissioner Moss (2)
The Motion Passed.
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STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on September 2, 2021,
with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court at Pontiac.
Michigan ou Thursday, September 2, 2021.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds