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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5793 - Fourth of July Celebrationec 63 (10) ill RESOLUTION NO. 5793 2 3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH ENDORSING A PROPOSAL TO STIR 4 NATIONAL CELEBRATION.OF THE FOURTH OF JULY BY RINGING.OF BELLS 5 6 WHEREAS, a little of the noble grandeur that John Adams 7 felt in 1776 has been dulled in our hearts by the passage of time; 8 and 9 WHEREAS, the Fourth of July has evolved into more of a 10 summer holiday than a patriotic festival; and 11 WHEREAS, the "illuminations" or fireworks were a dominant 12 Fourth of July sound for decades, but have largely disappeared; 13 and 14 WHEREAS, it would be fitting that the nation's birthday 15 be celebrated where it began, in front of the Liberty Bell at 16 Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 17 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of 18 the City of Newport Beach, California, endorses the proposal to 19 stir a new wave of patriotic feeling and turn each Fourth of July 20 into a most inspiring celebration in our nation's history, by the 21 ringing of all church bells, all bells in government buildings, and 22 all carillon bells in colleges and universities for a period of 23 four (4) minutes; and 24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that every radio and television 25 station, across the nation, 'broadcast the sound of bells for two • 26 minutes, followed by a reading from the Declaration of Independence 27 and 28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the timing be established by 29 the geographic time zones across the continent, wherein 2:00 P.M., 30 Eastern Daylight Time; 1:00 P.N., Central Daylight Time; 12:00 31 Noon, Mountain Daylight Time; and 11:00 A.N., Pacific Daylight 32 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Time, would be the precise time to initiate the four minute period of bell ringing. ADOPTED this 27th day of May, 1963. d :Z" Mayor ATTEST: S City er 2. STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH) I, MARGERY SCHROUDER, City Clerk of the-City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that according to the records of the City of Newport Beach -filed and maintained in my office, the foregoing Resolution No. 5793 was duly and regularly adopted, passed, and approved by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held at -the regular meeting.place thereof, on the 2 7t day of May 19 63 ,. by the following, vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Stoddard, Gruber, Cook, Hart, Lorenz, Marshall, Elder NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None Dated this 28th day of May 19 63 City Clerk. an 'Ex- fficio Clerk of.the City Council, City 6f Newport Beach, State of California.