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CHAPTER 597 AN ACT concerning Public School Holidays - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day FOR the purpose of establishing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, (1997 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement) Preamble WHEREAS, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored by a federal holiday for his WHEREAS, His legacy of love and nonviolence has become a tool of social and WHEREAS, Dr. King is an African American icon and a national and WHEREAS, He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent approach WHEREAS, Dr. King's legacy of love and nonviolence is the solution to many of WHEREAS, Our nation has seen the wisdom of his anti-Vietnam War efforts; and WHEREAS, Dr. King gave his life in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968 in WHEREAS, The entire world lamented Dr. King's untimely death; now, SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF |
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