HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions 85-335 N.C.S. 10/21/1985Resolufiion No.~.~N. C. S.
of the City of Petaluma, Califbrnia
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING A COMMEMORATI~IE' STAb1P
IN RECOGTII-TION OF THE'FIRST AIRr",ATL FLIGHT
IN THE UNITED STAT:ES OF AMERICA
UIHER°EAS, the fir'st .recorded airplane. flight
sanctioried by alocaT post of-fice which"was:a~ailable to
the public oriqinated from Petaluma,'s Kenilworth Park and
terminated in Santa 'Ro`sa; and
[^7HEREAS., the cargo consisted o;f three letters, a
bag of groceries a~nd a bundle of newspapers. Two letters
~ were written by Ge~or:ge P. McNear, a.lqcal f,inancier, to
Mayor James R. Edwards and to banker,.John P. Overton of
Santa Rosa. The third letter was from Petaluma Postmaster
J. E. (Emmett) Qlmstead to his Santa Rosa Couriterpart,
H. L. Tripp; and
WHEREAS, Ered.J. Wiseman made this historic airmail
flight on February 17, 1911; and
~, WHEREAS, the airplane which macle that historic flight
is now at the Smithsonian Institute Air and Space Museum in
V~Tashington, B.C.; and
. WHEREAS, historic events and participants in those
. events should be ackriowledged,
~_ THEREFORE,' BE IT RESOLVED that the Petaluma City
•~ ;~ Council respectfully r.equests that a commemorative.stamp
_.. . be issued in recogni.tion of that historic event--the first
~ airmail flight in the United States of America.
Under the power and authority conferreci npon this Council by the Charter of said City.
I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution ~vas introduced and adopted. ;by the Approyed as to
Council ofth e city of Petaliinia t a(Regular) (~fl~X~f~l~~j meeting ~
~ ~lst ~ctober 85
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AYES: Da~is, Wloolsey; Tencer, Vice libIayor Balshaw, NIayor Y~Iattei
NOES: None
. ABSENT: Bond, C •
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