COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

PROCLAMATION

IMMIGRANT HERITAGE MONTH

June 2015

WHEREAS, America is a nation of immigrants and our cultural diversity is one of our

country’s greatest strengths; and

WHEREAS, throughout our nation’s history, immigrants have come to America to

build a better life for themselves and their families, and their many contributions have

strengthened the American economy and workforce; and

WHEREAS, the ideals of freedom, democracy, peace, stability and human rights have

forged a close bond between the citizens and immigrants of our nation; and

WHEREAS, millions of immigrants have provided the cultural diversity that has made

the United States a unique nation; and

WHEREAS, immigrants in Pennsylvania have played a significant role in the

development of our Commonwealth and Pennsylvania is proud of the many contributions

these individuals have made to our Commonwealth.

THEREFORE, I, Tom Wolf, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do

hereby proclaim June 2015 as IMMIGRANT HERITAGE MONTH. I encourage all citizens

to recognize the accomplishments of immigrants both past and present and to reflect upon the

importance of diversity and opportunity in the Commonwealth and across the nation.

GIVEN under my hand and the Seal of the

Governor, at the City of Harrisburg, on this

twenty-seventh day of May in the Year of our Lord

two thousand and fifteen, and of the

Commonwealth the two hundred and thirty-ninth.

TOM WOLF

Governor