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A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION
21-244
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
June 28, 2016
To recognize and honor the Douglas Family on the occasion of its annual family reunion, and to declare July 8-10, 2016 as the “Douglas Family Reunion Weekend” in the District of Columbia.
WHEREAS, Charlie Fisher and Elizabeth McCauley Douglas began their journey of life over 100 years ago;
WHEREAS, Charlie Fisher and Elizabeth McCauley Douglas had 13 children together: Wilam, Mary, Charlie Walter, Pearlie Mae, Mallie Clifton, Marie Ila, Wilma A. J., William McKinley, Aggie, Robert, Nannie Viola, and Kate Zepora;
WHEREAS, the Douglas family reunion was organized in 1969 with love, growth, and strength to remember their ancestry and to continue joining hands, hearts, and minds annually;
WHEREAS, the Douglas family reunion is scheduled for the second weekend of July every year after the July 4th holiday;
WHEREAS, the 47th Douglas family reunion is scheduled for the weekend of July 8-10, 2016, and this year’s theme is “Douglas Family Striving for Success”;
WHEREAS, the Douglas family is a family that prays together and stays together, a family guided by strong teachings of faith, as well as the renewing of unconditional love and a bond of family;
WHEREAS, the Douglas family will share the history of Charlie Fisher and Elizabeth McCauley Douglas faithfully in honor of their memories;
WHEREAS, the Douglas family will always remember their loved ones who have found eternal life;
WHEREAS, the Douglas family motto is “A Family Striving for Success!”;
WHEREAS, the Douglas family has adopted a family poem, “Don’t Quit”: “Success is belief that cannot fail. The winds of happiness fill our sail. If you think you might be slowing down a bit, rest if you must but don’t you quit;” and
WHEREAS, the Douglas family has adopted a family song, “By and By”: “Temptations, hidden snares, often take us unawares, and our hearts are made to bleed. For many a thoughtless word or deed, and we wonder why the test. When we try to our best. But we’ll understand it better by and by.”
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Douglas Family Reunion Weekend Recognition Resolution of 2016”.
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia commends the Douglas family for its family values of unconditional love and respect, and declares July 8-10, 2016 as the “Douglas Family Reunion Weekend” in the District of Columbia.
Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon the first date of publication in the District of Columbia Register.
