Proclamations
The Office of the Mayor, on special occasions, will make official declarations to honor and recognize people, places or events in the Bloomington community. Whether it's a day, week or month, the Office of the Mayor has designated a variety of occasions as worthy of proclamations. To view past proclamations, click the links below.
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n October 1, 1962, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day, an annual observance to honor the nation's fallen law enforcement officers. |
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Proclamations
- 2013-05-18 - Tammy Laird Carroll Memorial Walk Day 2013
- 2013-05-17 - Poppy Days 2013
- 2013-05-01 - Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month 2013
- 2013-05-01 - Older Americans Month 2013
- 2013-04-26 - Global Youth Service Day 2013
- 2013-04-18 - Jazz Appreciation Month 2013
- 2013-04-14 - Homeward Bound Day 2013
- 2013-04-09 - National Service Recognition Day 2013
- 2013-04-05 - Monroe County Home Extension Club Day
- 2013-04-01 - Public Radio Music Month
- 2013-04-01 - National Public Health Week
- 2013-04-01 - The Month of the Military Child
- 2013-04-01 - Child Abuse Prevention Month 2013
- 2013-03-21 - Disability Employment Awareness Month
- 2013-03-20 - Women's History Month 2013
- 2013-03-17 - National Safe Place Week 2013
- 2013-03-15 - Ivy Tech Community College Day 2013
- 2013-03-13 - Registered Dietitian Day 2013
- 2013-03-07 - DeMolay Month
- 2013-03-01 - Youth Art Month 2013
- 2013-03-01 - National Nutrition Month 2013
- 2013-02-18 - Anti-Cyberbullying Day
- 2013-02-14 - Charles H. Webb Day
- 2013-02-05 - Logan H. Westbrooks Day
- 2013-01-31 - March of Dimes 75th Anniversary Day
- 2013-01-21 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2013
- 2013-01-10 - Mary Tourner and Janice Wiggins Day
- 2013-01-09 - Patti Pizzo Day
- 2012-12-11 - World AIDS Day 2012
- 2012-11-10 - Susan B. Anthony Day 2012
- 2012-11-01 - Extra Mile Day 2012
- 2012-10-31 - Jo Liska Day
- 2012-10-27 - Friends of the Library Week 2012
- 2012-10-27 - Suicide Prevention and Awareness Day 2012
- 2012-10-21 - CROP Hunger Walk Day 2012
- 2012-10-12 - VA Stand Down Day 2012
- 2012-09-24 - Family Day 2012
- 2012-09-22 - Walk to End Alzheimer’s Day 2012
- 2012-09-15 - National Hispanic Heritage Month 2012
- 2012-09-05 - Ivy Tech Community College Day
- 2012-05-21 - Minority Health Month
- 2012-05-21 - Poppy Days
- 2012-05-19 - Lemonade Day 2012
- 2012-05-19 - Tammy Laird Carroll Memorial Walk Day
- 2012-05-16 - Bob Chestnut Day
- 2012-05-06 - National Nurses Week 2012
- 2012-04-27 - Indiana University Soul Revue Weekend
- 2012-04-27 - Spread the Word to End the Word Day 2012
- 2012-04-20 - Global Youth Service Day 2012
- 2012-04-19 - National Kids to Parks Day 2012
- 2012-04-18 - National Science Olympiad Day 2012
- 2012-04-17 - Older Americans Month 2012
- 2012-04-16 - Protect Farm Animals Day
- 2012-04-15 - Homeward Bound Day 2012
- 2012-04-04 - Arthur Murray Day
- 2012-04-01 - Anti-Bullying Awareness Day 2012
- 2012-04-01 - Minority Health Month 2012
- 2012-03-18 - National Safe Place Week 2012
- 2012-03-01 - Youth Art Month 2012
- 2012-03-01 - Women's History Month 2012
- 2012-03-01 - National Nutrition Month 2012
- 2012-03-01 - Disability Awareness Month 2012
- 2012-03-01 - Early Intervention Appreciation Month
- 2012-02-11 - Bloomington Community Band
- 2012-01-24 - The Miami Nation of Indiana
- 2012-01-21 - P.E.O. Day 2012
- 2012-01-21 - David Baker Day
- 2012-01-16 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2012
- 2011-12-01 - World AIDS Day 2011
- 2011-11-07 - IU School of Social Work Day
- 2011-11-06 - Key Club Week
- 2011-11-02 - Brianna Reed
- 2011-11-01 - Extra Mile Day
- 2011-10-15 - Joe Madison
- 2011-10-15 - American Folklore Society Day
- 2011-10-12 - VA Stand Down Day
- 2011-09-19 - Dr. Stephanie Power-Carter and Ms. Kim Morris-Newson
- 2011-09-15 - National Hispanic Heritage Month
- 2011-09-15 - IU School of Journalism Day
- 2011-09-11 - September 11th Remembrance Day
- 2011-09-11 - Option Six
- 2011-09-10 - Model A Ford
- 2011-09-01 - Youth Soccer Month 2011
- 2011-08-30 - Indiana University Continuing Studies
- 2011-08-30 - Lifelong Learning
- 2011-08-26 - Play Day 2011
- 2011-06-18 - Juneteenth Freedom Weekend 2011
- 2011-06-18 - Rain Garden Awareness Day
- 2011-06-15 - Monroe County Civic Theater
- 2011-06-02 - Nancy Stockwell
- 2011-05-22 - Bloomington Township Department of Fire and Emergency Services Day
- 2011-05-15 - Buddy Poppy Days 2011
- 2011-05-10 - Peace Concert Day
- 2011-05-01 - Older Americans Month
- 2011-04-10 - Homeward Bound Day 2011
- 2011-04-08 - Celebration of Families Day 2011
- 2011-04-06 - Bloomington South Panther Pride Day
- 2011-04-01 - Parkinson's Awareness Month 2011
- 2011-03-31 - Women- and Minority-Owned Business Day
- 2011-03-28 - Women in Government Day
- 2011-03-25 - Binford and Lotus Days
- 2011-03-25 - Wear Panther Purple Day
- 2011-03-20 - National Safe Place Week
- 2011-03-09 - Registered Dietitian Day 2011
- 2011-03-04 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2011
- 2011-03-01 - Disability Awareness Month 2011
- 2011-03-01 - Disability Employment Awareness Month 2011
- 2011-03-01 - National Nutrition Month 2011
- 2011-03-01 - Women's History Month 2011
- 2011-03-01 - Youth Art Month 2011
- 2011-02-06 - Ronald Reagan Day
- 2011-02-01 - Spay/Neuter Bloomington Month 2011
- 2011-02-01 - Black History Month ~ Bloomington Style: They Served with Honor
- 2011-02-01 - George and Viola Taliaferro
- 2011-01-21 - Live from Bloomington
- 2011-01-04 - Will Murphy Day
- 2010-12-02 - Linda McCammon
- 2010-12-02 - Graphic Information Systems Day
- 2010-12-02 - Celinda Kay Leach
- 2010-12-02 - Franklin Initiative Day
- 2010-12-02 - World AIDS Day
- 2010-12-02 - Men and Women of Color Leadership Conference Weekend
- 2010-11-05 - INPIRG National Day of Service
- 2010-11-05 - Lennon Beasley Day
- 2010-11-05 - Lifelong Learning Week 2010
- 2010-11-05 - Monroe County Branch NAACP Day
- 2010-11-05 - National Physician Assistants Week
- 2010-11-05 - Planting Day
- 2010-11-05 - Scott Russell Sanders Day
- 2010-11-05 - Suicide Prevention Week 2010
- 2010-11-05 - Tom Staley Day
- 2010-11-05 - American Indian Heritage Month 2010
- 2010-11-05 - Girls Inc. Day 2010
- 2010-10-27 - Arbor Day 2010
- 2010-10-27 - Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2010
- 2010-10-27 - Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- 2010-10-27 - NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH 2010
- 2010-09-03 - Youth Soccer Month 2010
- 2010-09-03 - Women Empowerment
- 2010-09-03 - Suicide Prevention Week
- 2010-09-03 - Haiti Awareness Month
- 2010-09-03 - National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month 2010
- 2010-07-30 - Americans with Disabilities Act Anniversary Day
- 2010-07-30 - Gerry Kisters Day
- 2010-07-30 - Jazz In July Appreciation Month
- 2010-07-02 - HIV Testing Day 2010
- 2010-07-02 - CEDAW UN Convention
- 2010-06-22 - Victoria McClary
- 2010-06-22 - Juneteenth Freedom Day 2010
- 2010-06-22 - Bill and Gayle Cook Day
- 2010-06-22 - Karen Kingsbury Day
- 2010-06-04 - Jeff Baldwin Day
- 2010-06-04 - Amateur Radio Week 2010
- 2010-05-21 - Police Week 2010
- 2010-05-21 - Buddy Poppy Week
- 2010-05-21 - Tibetan Mongolian Culture Week
- 2010-05-21 - Light House Community Church Day
- 2010-05-06 - National Nurses Week 2010
- 2010-05-03 - Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month 2010
- 2010-04-27 - Workers Memorial Day
- 2010-04-27 - Autism Awareness Month 2010
- 2010-04-10 - Habitat for Humanity Day
- 2010-04-08 - Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month 2010
- 2010-04-08 - Celebration of Families Day 2010
- 2010-04-08 - Hunger Cleanup Day
- 2010-04-08 - Rosemary Miller
- 2010-04-08 - Older Hoosiers Awareness Month
- 2010-04-08 - Ryan White Day
- 2010-03-30 - Jazz Appreciation Month 2010
- 2010-03-30 - Tango Appreciation Month
- 2010-03-30 - Celebrate Monroe County Agriculture
- 2010-03-11 - Camilla Williams
- 2010-03-11 - Census Awareness Day
- 2010-03-11 - American Red Cross Month 2010
- 2010-03-11 - Reverend Marvin Chandler
- 2010-03-11 - Registered Dietitian Day 2010
- 2010-03-11 - Disability Awareness Month 2010
- 2010-03-11 - Women's History Month 2010
- 2010-03-09 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- 2010-03-09 - Bloomington Playwrights Project Day
- 2010-03-09 - Spay/Neuter Bloomington Month
- 2010-03-09 - Kiwanis Club of Bloomington Day
- 2010-03-09 - Black History Month 2010
- 2010-03-09 - Child Abuse Prevention Month
- 2010-03-09 - Arc 2010
- 2010-03-09 - Youth Art Month 2010
- 2010-03-09 - Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week
- 2010-03-07 - Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week 2010
- 2009-09-09 - Urban Agriculture and Community Gardening Week
- 2009-09-08 - Youth Soccer Month 2009
- 2009-06-26 - HIV Testing Day 2009
- 2009-06-24 - Juneteenth Freedom Day 2009
- 2009-06-05 - Monroe County United Ministries and Stone Belt
- 2009-06-02 - Dean Dick McKaig Month
- 2009-05-21 - Buddy Poppy Days 2009
- 2009-05-20 - Civil Air Patrol Day
- 2009-05-15 - Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month
- 2009-05-12 - Theresa Wellman Day
- 2009-05-10 - Police Week 2009
- 2009-05-06 - Amateur Radio Week
- 2009-05-06 - National Nurses Week 2009
- 2009-05-06 - National Science Olympiad Day
- 2009-05-05 - Jordan Hulls Day
- 2009-05-05 - J.R. Holmes Day
- 2009-05-05 - Bloomington South Panthers Boys Basketball Day
- 2009-05-04 - Mental Health Month
- 2009-05-04 - Salvation Army Week 2009
- 2009-05-01 - Voices of Hope at Indiana University Gospel Choir Day
- 2009-05-01 - IU Department of Theatre and Drama Diamond Jubilee Day
- 2009-04-24 - Azerbaijani National Day
- 2009-04-21 - Arbor Day 2009
- 2009-04-21 - Chalk Walk Day
- 2009-04-15 - Homeward Bound Day 2009
- 2009-04-03 - Celebration of Families Day 2009
- 2009-04-03 - Record Store Day
- 2009-03-31 - Dr. Frank Hrisomalos Day
- 2009-03-24 - Rhino's Youth Center Day
- 2009-03-24 - Rhino’s Youth Center Day
- 2009-03-23 - Jazz Appreciation Month
- 2009-03-23 - Fraud and Scam Awareness for Senior's Day
- 2009-03-23 - Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
- 2009-03-11 - Registered Dietitian Day 2009
- 2009-03-10 - Boys and Girls Club Week
- 2009-03-03 - Indiana Athletic Trainers Month 2009
- 2009-02-24 - American Red Cross Month 2009
- 2009-02-24 - Youth Art Month 2009
- 2009-02-23 - Rotary Day
- 2009-02-23 - Severe Weather Preparedness Week 2009
- 2009-02-23 - Disability Awareness Month
- 2009-02-12 - Women’s History Month Proclamation 2009
- 2009-02-09 - National Nutrition Month®
- 2009-01-26 - National Girls and Women in Sports Day 2009
- 2009-01-13 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2009
- 2008-12-30 - Harold "Hal" Pepinsky
- 2008-11-05 - American Indian Heritage Month
- 2008-09-10 - Hilltop Garden and Nature Center Day
- 2008-09-10 - Severe Weather Preparedness Week
- 2008-09-10 - Celebration of Families Day
- 2008-09-10 - Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- 2008-09-10 - Beaux Arts Trio Day
- 2008-09-10 - National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
- 2008-09-10 - Pangea Day
- 2008-09-10 - HIV Testing Day
- 2008-09-10 - Lifelong Learning Week
- 2008-09-10 - Youth Soccer Month
- 2008-09-10 - YMCA Healthy Kids Day
- 2008-09-10 - Professional Social Work Month
- 2008-09-10 - Probation, Parole and Community Supervision Week
- 2008-09-10 - Play Day
- 2008-09-10 - National Nutrition Month
- 2008-06-29 - Jill’s House
- 2008-06-18 - Fred Child Day
- 2008-06-14 - Juneteenth Freedom Day
- 2008-06-13 - National Dump the Pump Day
- 2008-06-02 - Jared Jeffries Day
- 2008-06-01 - National Homeownership Month
- 2008-05-14 - Ann Smith
- 2008-05-14 - Susan Schick
- 2008-05-14 - Kris Heeter
- 2008-05-14 - Leranda Gallien Day
- 2008-05-14 - Jennifer Moore Day
- 2008-05-13 - Drinking Water Week
- 2008-05-13 - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
- 2008-05-13 - National Nurses Week
- 2008-05-13 - Coach Hep Indiana Cancer Challenge Day
- 2008-05-13 - Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Youth Day
- 2008-05-13 - National Society of Arts and Letters Day
- 2008-05-13 - Rosemary Miller Day
- 2008-05-13 - Registered Dietitian Day
- 2008-05-13 - Buddy Poppy Days
- 2008-05-13 - Homeward Bound Day
- 2008-05-13 - Indiana South District Optimist International and Theo Golding Day
- 2008-02-25 - Indiana Athletic Trainers Month
- 2007-06-30 - Juneteenth
- 2007-06-29 - Andy Upper Day
- 2007-06-25 - Rex Grossman Day
- 2007-06-22 - National Recreation and Parks Month
- 2007-05-23 - Liz Grenat Day
- 2007-05-23 - Relay for Life Day
- 2007-05-23 - Childrens Day
- 2007-05-23 - GE Celebrates 40th Anniversary
- 2007-05-14 - Agency for Instructional Technology
- 2007-05-12 - Letter Carriers Community Food Drive Day
- 2007-05-02 - Police Week
- 2007-04-30 - Helen Clouse Day
- 2007-04-24 - Start Walking at Work Day
- 2007-04-23 - Cover the Uninsured Week
- 2007-04-21 - Medical Laboratory Week
- 2007-04-20 - Arbor Day
- 2007-04-20 - Little 500 Day
- 2007-04-17 - Kiwanis Club of South Central Indiana Day
- 2007-04-13 - Volunteers in Medicine Day
- 2007-04-13 - Step It Up Day
- 2007-04-13 - Ben Mitchell Day
- 2007-04-13 - 211 Awareness Week
- 2007-04-03 - Housing America 2007 Campaign
- 2007-03-30 - International Youth Music Day
- 2007-03-30 - Sexual Assault Awareness Month
- 2007-03-28 - Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
- 2007-03-26 - Boys & Girls Club Week
- 2007-03-23 - Al Cobine Day
- 2007-03-22 - Bloomington Blades Hockey Day
- 2007-03-20 - BPD Acres
- 2007-03-20 - Christopher Scott
- 2007-03-20 - Deputy Chief Randy Williamson
- 2007-03-20 - Joseph Henry and Steven Reynolds
- 2007-03-20 - Will Keaton
- 2007-03-19 - Salvation Army Day
- 2007-03-06 - Women's History Month Proclamation 2007
- 2007-03-05 - Marjorie Blewett Day
- 2007-03-02 - Disabilities Awareness Day
- 2007-02-26 - American Red Cross Month
- 2007-02-22 - Archie Dees Day
- 2007-02-22 - Youth Art Month
- 2007-02-15 - Valerie Pena Day
- 2007-02-07 - National Girls and Women in Sports Day
- 2007-01-31 - Black History Month Bloomington Style
- 2007-01-15 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- 2007-01-12 - Naomi Tutu
- 2007-01-12 - Mark Lakeman