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Resolution Favoring the Everglades National Park, Gardeners Association of Florida, 1936
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RESOLUTION FAVORING THE EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
WHEREAS, the United States Government through the Department of the Interior, authorizes the establishment of a national park in the southern section of the Everglades region of Florida; and
WHEREAS, the Department of the Interior officially stated that this region combines, from a national park standpoint, features of outstanding importance; and
WHEREAS, the United States Government has by Act of Congress, (May 30, 1934) authorized the establishment of the Everglades National Park; and
WHEREAS, such a park will be of utmost importance in conservation of wild life and will create a haven for native wild life; and
WHEREAS, its inspirational value from a national park standpoint is officially claimed to be of the highest standard; and
WHEREAS, the Department of the Interior recommends that the name of the park will be the "Everglades National Park";
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY the State [Gardeners] Association of Florida
Section 1. That this Association goes on record as favoring the Everglades National Park.
Section 2. That a certified copy of this resolution be forwarded to:
President of the United States, Washington, D.C.
Governor, State of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida.
Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
National Parks Association, 700 Twentieth St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
Everglades National Park Association, County Court House, Miami, Florida.
Associated Press, Jacksonville, Florida.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 9th day of June A.D. 1936.
C.O. Miller [signature]
President
John R. Wilson [signature]
Sec'y-Treas.
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Secretary's Address
RESOLUTION FAVORING THE EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
WHEREAS, the United States Government through the Department of the Interior, authorizes the establishment of a national park in the southern section of the Everglades region of Florida; and
WHEREAS, the Department of the Interior officially stated that this region combines, from a national park standpoint, features of outstanding importance; and
WHEREAS, the United States Government has by Act of Congress, (May 30, 1934) authorized the establishment of the Everglades National Park; and
WHEREAS, such a park will be of utmost importance in conservation of wild life and will create a haven for native wild life; and
WHEREAS, its inspirational value from a national park standpoint is officially claimed to be of the highest standard; and
WHEREAS, the Department of the Interior recommends that the name of the park will be the "Everglades National Park";
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY the State [Gardeners] Association of Florida
Section 1. That this Association goes on record as favoring the Everglades National Park.
Section 2. That a certified copy of this resolution be forwarded to:
President of the United States, Washington, D.C.
Governor, State of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida.
Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
National Parks Association, 700 Twentieth St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
Everglades National Park Association, County Court House, Miami, Florida.
Associated Press, Jacksonville, Florida.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 9th day of June A.D. 1936.
C.O. Miller [signature]
President
John R. Wilson [signature]
Sec'y-Treas.
Chicago Manual of Style
Gardeners Association of Florida. Resolution Favoring the Everglades National Park, Gardeners Association of Florida, 1936. 1936-06-09. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345832>, accessed 19 August 2022.
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Gardeners Association of Florida. Resolution Favoring the Everglades National Park, Gardeners Association of Florida, 1936. 1936-06-09. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 19 Aug. 2022.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345832>
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