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CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS: The Washington County Historical Society is celebrating its 75th
anniversary this year; and
WHEREAS: In 1934, people from around the county met at the Stillwater Public
Library and formed this organization to "collect, preserve and
disseminate' the history of Washington County and the State of
Minnesota; and
WHEREAS: Over the course of 75 years, the Washington County Historical Society
has purchased buildings and a cemetery, and has published books about
the county's heritage; and
WHEREAS: The Washington County Historical Society operates museums and holds
programs and other educational events throughout the county every
year; and
WHEREAS: The collections of the Washington County Historical Society are extensive
with newspaper collections from the Stillzvater Gazette and the South
Washington County Bulletin, including lumber company records, store
records, hotel registers, rural school records and much more;
NOW, THEREFORE: I, David Beaudet, Mayor of the City of Oak Park Heights,
Minnesota, do hereby proclaim March 26, 2009, to be
WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY DAY
in Oak Park Heights, Minnesota, and urge m0- det, s to observe this
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Signed this 10th day of March, 2009. to