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<\/a><\/p>\nPROCLAMATION
\nEach year we celebrate the Fourth of July as the birth of America, commemorating the day our founders stood up to tyranny and formed a new nation founded on the principles of equality, freedom and opportunity. Since then, Americans have lost their lives fighting to safeguard for future generations the promise of our democracy \u2013 and all of its ideals.<\/p>\n
From its first hours, however, America did not guarantee equality, freedom and opportunity to all. And the events of the last year highlight that the struggle continues to fulfill America\u2019s promise for all of its people. The legacy of slavery and systemic racism is still felt by our communities of color and the COVID-19 pandemic magnified many of the health, economic and educational inequities that exist across society.<\/p>\n
As America\u2019s first Youth Poet Laureate and native Californian Amanda Gorman eloquently wrote, \u201cwe are not a nation that is broken, just unfinished.\u201d On this day, let us renew our commitment to, in Amanda\u2019s words, \u201ccompose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters, and conditions of man.\u201d<\/p>\n
As we safely celebrate July Fourth with family and friends, let us all take a moment to remember everyone who made incredible sacrifices to keep the dream of this country alive \u2013 those in uniform, our civil rights leaders and advocates \u2013 and recognize the work that remains to realize the Declaration\u2019s ideals of liberty and equality for all Americans.<\/p>\n
NOW THEREFORE I, GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor of the State of California, do hereby proclaim July 4, 2021, as \u201cIndependence Day.\u201d
\nIN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of California to be affixed this 2nd day of July 2021.<\/p>\n
GAVIN NEWSOM Governor of California
\nATTEST:
\nSHIRLEY N. WEBER, Ph.D. Secretary of State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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