CC - 1997-12 - Urging Local Post Office Branches to Fly the Nationally Recognized Pow/Mia FlagRESOLUTION NO. 97 -12
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROSEMEAD, CALIFORNIA, URGING LOCAL POST OFFICE
BRANCHES TO FLY THE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
POW/MIA FLAG
WHEREAS, Postal Regulation 47 of the Administrative Support Manual provides that
the only flags authorized to be flown at post offices are the United States flag and the Postal
Service flag; and
WHEREAS, there is still over ten thousand American veterans listed as prisoners of war
and/or missing in action; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rosemead is committed to showing our respect and gratitude to
those Americans who are prisoners of war or who are classified as missing in action; and
WHEREAS, in keeping faith with these Americans and their families, we continue to
remember and commemorate their sacrifices; and
WHEREAS, the POW/MIA flag has been nationally recognized; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rosemead has introduced for passage an
Ordinance recognizing the POW/MIA flag as an official flag to be flown at City Hall and City
owned facilities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Rosemead as follows:
Section 1. That the current regulation which allows only the United States flag and the
Postal Service flag to be displayed be modified to allow local post offices to display at the
discretion of each local post office, the nationally recognized POW/MIA flag; and
Section 2. That the City Clerk is directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to Marvin
Runyon, Post Master General and Chief Executive Officer of the United States Postal Service,
475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Room 10653, Washington, DC 20260 and to the President of the United
States of America, William Clinton, White House, Washington, DC 20500 and to other cities and
other concerned organizations, officials and individuals.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED THIS 25th DAY OF MRCH, 1997.
LL/1
ATTEST: i= I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No.
97 -12 was duly and regularly adopted by the Rosemead
City Council at a regular meeting held on the 25th
day of March, 1997, by the following vote:
City Clerk- Yes: Vasquez, Clark, Bruesch, Imperial
No: Taylor; Absent: None; Abstain: NOne
CITY CLERK,