[Added 11-25-1996 by Ord. No. 48-96]
A.
The purpose of this section is to establish a permanent
requirement in the Township ordinances that the attack upon Pearl
Harbor which resulted in the sacrifice of so many American lives be
remembered by the adoption of a resolution each year at the Council
meeting closest in time to December 7.
B.
The Administrative Code of the Township of Old Bridge
is hereby modified and amended by addition. Each year the Township
Council shall consider a resolution commemorating, remembering and
honoring the sacrifices at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941.
Such resolution shall be substantially in the following form:
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WHEREAS, December 7, 1941, was the day on which
the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was attached
by the Empire of Japan;
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WHEREAS, on December 8, 1941, one day after
the sneak attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt called it "a day that will live in infamy"; and
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WHEREAS, the attack on Pearl Harbor resulted
in the first loss of any naval vessel of World War II, the Arizona,
entombing 1,103 young men; and
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WHEREAS, the remains of the Battleship Arizona,
together with its entombed sailors and crew, has become a national
memorial, and a reminder of the unprovoked attack; and
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WHEREAS, the war which followed the attack upon
Pearl Harbor caused the loss of 292,000 lives and 670,000 casualties;
and
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WHEREAS, the Township Council of the Township
of Old Bridge believes that the attack upon Pearl Harbor should be
remembered both for its infamy and by reason of the sacrifice made
by so many;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Township
Council of the Township of Old Bridge that December 7, 1941, is hereby
remembered, and the sailors and servicemen killed or injured are hereby
honored and remembered for their sacrifices.
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[Added 9-22-1997 by Ord. No. 34-97]
A.
The purpose of this section is to establish a permanent
requirement in the Township ordinances that the Independence of the
Nation of India be remembered by the adoption of a resolution each
year at the Council meeting closest in time to August 15.
B.
The Administrative Code of the Township of Old Bridge
is hereby modified and amended by addition. Each year the Township
Council shall consider a resolution commemorating, remembering and
honoring the anniversary of the Independence of the Nation of India
on August 15, 1947. Such resolution shall be in the following form:
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WHEREAS, the Nation of India, through nonviolent
means, was able to obtain its independence from the British Empire
on August 15, 1947; and
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WHEREAS, this nonviolent revolution has been
an inspiration to peoples seeking freedom all over the world, especially
during the struggle for civil rights for all citizens of the United
States;
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WHEREAS, the Nation of India remains to this
day the largest democracy in the world; and
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WHEREAS, the Township Council of the Township
of Old Bridge believes that the anniversary of the Independence of
the Nation of India should be remembered for its nonviolent origins
and for the contributions of its peoples to this nation as a whole
and to the Township of Old Bridge in particular;
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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Township
Council of the Township of Old Bridge that August 15, 1947, the anniversary
of the Independence of the Nation of India, is hereby remembered.
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