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File #: 21-045    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Recognition Status: Filed
File created: 12/29/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/12/2021 Final action: 1/12/2021
Title: A Proclamation recognizing January 16 as Religious Freedom Day Presenter: Wayne Williams, Councilmember At-large
Attachments: 1. Religious Freedom Day

 

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A Proclamation recognizing January 16 as Religious Freedom Day

 

  Presenter: 

Wayne Williams, Councilmember At-large

 

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On January 16, 1786, the Virginia General Assembly adopted Thomas Jefferson’s landmark Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom.  This statue later became the catalyst for the establishment clause in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution

 

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