In celebration of our 90th Anniversary, and to commemorate our significant contributions to the boating public and our nation, USPS has launched
The Proclamation of the Governors project.

A reduced copy is shown below. Click on the image to see a larger version.

The proclamation will bear the signatures of the 50 state governors plus those of the governors of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

To assist us in obtaining these signatures Admiral Thomas H. Collins, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, wrote to each of the governors asking their assistance in participating in a signing ceremony with his state boating law administrator and our local USPS district representative.

The opportunity to take a photograph of the ceremony was also requested. A 9 x 15 facsimile of the proclamation will be presented to each governor. The governors’ signatures will be affixed to master 24 x 36 proclamations that will (hopefully) be presented at our January Annual meeting, and used during the year to promote our anniversary. One completed proclamation will be passed among our 33 districts for all member to see.

The project was kicked off on 19 June with a goal of receiving all 52 governors’ signatures and pictures of the signing ceremonies by 1 October 2003.

Check the progress of this campaign on our 90th Anniversary Web site www.usps.org/90 as we count down the receipt of the signatures and pictures of the signing ceremonies. P/C Dan Bartell, SN, our web master, will keep the site continuously updated. P/R/C Hayden Loveland, SN, of the USPS Mar/PR Com. heads this endeavor which is being coordinated through the district commanders