HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 1796 RESOLUTION No, 1796
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA,
ENDORSING AN INITIATIVE PROPOSAL TO STIR
NATIONAL CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH OF
JULY BY THE HINGING OF BELLS.
WHEREAS, the Fourth of July has evolved into more of
a summer holiday than a patriotic festival; and
WHEREAS, it would be fitting that the Nation' s Birth-
day be celebrated where it began, in front of the Liberty Bell
at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach, California, endorse a proposed
Initiative to stir a new wave of patriotic feeling and turn
each Fourth of July into a most inspiring celebration in our
Nation's history by the ringing of all church bells, all bells
in government buildings and all carillon bells in colleges and
universities for a period of four minutes; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that every Radio and. Television
Station across the nation broadcast the sound of bells for two
minutes, followed by a reading from the Declaration of Inde-
pendence; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the timing be established
by the geographic time zones across the continent wherein
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ides., No. 1796
2:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time; 1:00 P.M. Central Daylight
Time; 12:00 Noon Mountain Daylight Time and 11:00 A.M.
Pacific Daylight Time would be the precise time to initiate
the four minute period of bell ringing.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California, this 17th day of June ,
1963.
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ATTEST:
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C Clerk
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Res. No. 1796
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
County of Orange ) ss
City of Huntington Beach )
I, PAUL C. JONES, the duly elected, qualified and
acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-
officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach is five; that the foregoing
resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote
of more than a majority of all the members of said City
Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 17th day
of June , 1963, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
Wells , Gisler, Welch, Lambert
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Stewart
City Clerk and e ff iciq Clerk of the City
Council of the aty of Huntington Beach,
California