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Patriots Day
WHEREAS, April 12, 1775 is a momentous date in the founding of our nation, once celebrated with other >"
patriotic holidays, and;
WHEREAS, In the earl hours of that day,Paul Revere William )]awes and Dr. Samuel Prescott raced through
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the Massachusetts countryside warning fellow citizens British troops were coming to arrest their
leaders and seize their stores of munitions, and;
h WHEREAS, Answering this alarm, patriots took up arms, congregated on the Village Green in Lexington and,
4 during a confrontation with the British troops, several patriots were killed thus marking the ;
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beb-inningof the war for American independence, and;
WHEREAS, On that same day, determined patriots lay in wait for the advancing British troops at Concord's
t' North Bridge and, during the intense righting, they repulsed the British, who then began their
retreat to Boston with the patriots harassing them all the way, and;
f W N EREAS, News of "the shot heard `round the world" galvanized public opinion in favor of the American ! :1
Revolution, including reluctant Georgians, and; `
WHEREAS, It is appropriate that we recognize the importance of this day in our history and remember the
j sacrifices endured by many patriots during years of struggle for American independence, and; .
WHEREAS, Milton County honored John Milton, a Georgia continental officer whom the British captured at
Fort McIntosh in 1777 and imprisoned at St. Augustine. During the British capture of Savannah in
1778, Milton saved Georgia's public records by taking them to the Carolinas, and later to i
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Maryland. He returned the records following the re-establishment of Georgia's government in '
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1782, Milton County became part of Fulton County in 1931, and;
WHEREAS, The City of Milton is named for John Milton and is within the county once named for him.
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NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Mayor and City Council of the City of Milton, hereby proclaim Monday, April 18, 201 1
'as PATRIOTS DAY and encourage our citizens to honor the many patriots for whom Georgia counties and towns are
named, and pay tribute to all the patriots of the American Revolution.
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?Given under our hand and the seal of the City of Milton, Georgia on this 18"' day of April 2011.
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