SIGILLUM REIPUBLICAE MASSACHUSETTENSIS

ENSE PETIT PLACIDAM SVB LIBERTATE QVIETEM

A PROCLAMATION

By His Excellency

GOVERNOR WILLIAM F. WELD

1996

WHEREAS: On March 10, 1996, Tibetans across the Commonwealth and around the world will gather to commemorate the 37th anniversary of Tibetan freedom; and

WHEREAS: This day pays tribute to the more than one million Tibetans who lost their lives in the struggle for freedom, liberty, and justice; and

WHEREAS: People everywhere recognize the importance of Tibet's cultural and artistic legacy; and

WHEREAS: It is fitting that all Massachusetts citizens join Tibetans in recognizing this historic occasion;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM F. WELD, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby proclaim March 10th, 1996, as

TIBET DAY

and urge all the citizens of the Commonwealth to take cognizance of this event and participate fittingly in its observance.

Given at the Executive Chamber in Boston, this sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the two hundred and twentieth.

By His Excellency the Governor

WILLIAM F. WELD

WILLIAM F. GALVIN

Secretary of the Commonwealth

GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS