Item B4
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: June 18, 2003
Division:
District 1
Bulk Item: Yes
No
Department: Mayor Dixie M. Spehar
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Proclamation for the Fourth Annual African-American Heritage Festival.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
Africans and Bahamians immigrated to the Florida Keys, freed slaves from ships docked in the Key
West harbor and slaves liberated after the 1865 signing of the Emancipation Proclamation made the
Keys their home and created a community which contributed to the vitality of the Florida Keys.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEl\iENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY:
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No
AMOUNT PER MONTH
Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty
OMB/Purchasing
Risk Management _
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
4-' ~. l ~~.l..J
Mayor Di!ie M. Spehar
DOCUMENT A TION:
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To Follow
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DISPOSITION:
Revised 1/03
jMapor'g
llroclamation
the early
WHEREAS, Freed Africans from slave ships docked in Key West harbor located
in Monroe County, and slaves liberated after the 1865 signing of the Emancipation
Proclamation made the Keys their home; and
in
immigrated to the Florida Keys
Africans and Bahamians
WHEREAS
Century; and
9th
"La African
West know as
WHEREAS, These Africans settled in an area of Key
shown on maps and created as early as 1885; and
the area and allowed to flourish;
WHEREAS, These Africans were welcomed to
and
tradesmen in carpentry, masonry,
WHEREAS, These Africans were highly skilled
pl<lstering and built much of Key West; and
am1
civic,
NOW THEREFORE, by the virtue of the power vested in me as Mayor of Monroe
County, Florida, I, Dixie M. Spehar, do hereby proclaim June 26th through June 28th,
2003 as the
WHEREAS, The existing African-American community has many churches,
and social organizations, which contribute to the vitality of the Florida Keys.
FOURTH ANNUAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN
HERITAGE FESTIVAL
18th day of
WITNESS my hand and seal of the County of Monroe, Florida, this
June, 2003.