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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Chapter 4. HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES

1-4-3. Designation of ‘‘American History Month’’.

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  1. (a)

    The State of Georgia recognizes the importance to the citizens of this state of the principles upon which the United States of America was founded and of an understanding of the history of our nation. To encourage the study of American history by the citizens of this state, the month of February of each year is designated as ‘‘American History Month’’ in Georgia. The citizens of this state are encouraged to observe ‘‘American History Month’’ with appropriate observances and programs.#

  2. (b)

    The month of February of each year is also designated as Georgia History Month in special tribute to the founders, builders, and preservers of this state.#

Reading note: a word broken across two lines in the printed volume was joined by rule and could not be checked against the volume's own vocabulary. The official page linked below settles any doubt.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1963, p. 386, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 329, § 1.

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t1-t2-t3-(v3)-2019-pdf.pdf, Volume V3, 2019 edition, pages 155 to 156; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 206dab95f27a.