Resolution 157-1994
Mayor London
RESOLUTION NO. 157- 1994
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, REQUESTING THAT THE BATTLESHIP
U.S.S. MISSOURI BE PLACED ON ACTIVE DUTY.
WHEREAS,
the
last
chapter
of
the
United
States
participation in World War II was written with the surrender of
the Japanese Empire upon the decks of the battleship U.S.S.
Missouri, a ship which served gallantly throughout World War II,
and
WHEREAS,
the said U. S . S .
Missouri has recently been
decommissioned by the United States Navy, and
WHEREAS,
in view of the battleship Missouri's unique
identification of the power of the United States government which
brought World War II to a conclusion and as a symbol of peace
upon which the surrender of the aggressor Japanese Empire
occurred, it is deemed appropriate that the said U.S.S. Missouri
would be contained as a museum by the government of the United
States for all of its citizens, and
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the importance of the said vessel wil'l be l~t in
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
1.
That
Monroe
County's
Congressional
Delegation
is
requested to take action so that the United States government
places the U. S. S. Missouri on active duty in the United States
Navy in perpetuity as a symbol of naval power in World War II and
that the said ship served, as does the u.s. Constitution, as a
perpetual remembrance of the importance of naval power to the
United States, and the world.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held
on the 21st
day of
April
, 1994.
Mayor London
Mayor Pro Tern Cheal
Commissioner Freeman
Commissioner Harvey
Commissioner Reich
yes
no
yes
yes
no
By
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY, FLORIDA
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ATI'EST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
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