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A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION
21-108
In the Council of the District of Columbia
September 22, 2015
To recognize and honor the Honorable Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, as a dedicated friend of the District of Columbia and an advocate for its residents, on the occasion of his 91st birthday, October 1, 2015.
WHEREAS, the Honorable Jimmy Carter’s candidacy for the country’s highest office was supported by District residents by overwhelming margins in both 1976 and 1980;
WHEREAS, the Honorable Jimmy Carter brought a spirit of honesty and integrity to the office, beginning on Inauguration Day, January 20, 1977, when he and Mrs. Rosalynn Carter walked the Nation's Main Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, from the Capitol to the White House;
WHEREAS, the Honorable President Jimmy Carter and Mrs. Carter chose to have First Daughter Amy Carter attend District of Columbia public schools, joining our children first at Stevens Elementary School and then Hardy Middle School;
WHEREAS, the Honorable President Jimmy Carter supported the District of Columbia’s right to full congressional voting representation in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate;
WHEREAS, the Honorable President Jimmy Carter supported a Constitutional Amendment to end taxation without representation for the District of Columbia;
WHEREAS, the Honorable President Jimmy Carter and Mrs. Carter brought the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project, an annual home-building blitz organized by Habitat for Humanity, to the District of Columbia in 1992 and again in 2010, and worked with volunteers renovating and building homes in our neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, the Honorable Jimmy Carter, during his remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights March on Washington, expressed that he believed he knew how Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have reacted to several injustices, including full citizenship rights denied to the people of the District of Columbia.
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, that the Council acknowledges and honors the Honorable Jimmy Carter for his friendship to the District of Columbia, his advocacy on behalf of District residents, and his continued commitment to justice and equality everywhere, on the occasion of his 91st birthday, on October 1, 2015.
Sec. 2. This resolution may be cited as the “The Honorable Jimmy Carter Recognition Resolution of 2015”.
Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon the first date of publication in the District of Columbia Register.
