HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026-06-05 enewsletter p.2TOWN OF ULYSSES
10 Elm Street, Trumansburg, NY 14886
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Town Supervisor (607) 387-5767, Ext 232 • supervisor@townofulyssesnygov
Town Clerk (607) 387-5767, Ext 221 • cterk@townoful.vssesnNl.gov
STATE OF NEW YORK}
COUNTY OF TOMPKINS} SS:
TOWN OF ULYSSES:
DESIGNATION OF JULY 2-11, 2026 AS "CELEBRATING 250 YEARS OF FREEDOM DAYS" IN THE TOWN OF
ULYSSES
RESOLUTION #92 of 2026:
WHEREAS, Delegates to the Second Continental Congress from 12 colonies voted to dissolve political bands
with Great Britain on JULY 2, 1776, with New York delegates abstaining; and,
WHEREAS, Delegates to the Second Continental Congress from 12 colonies voted to approve the
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE and ordered it printed and dispersed on JULY 4, 1776, with New York
delegates abstaining; and,
WHEREAS, the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE was printed overnight with two names, John Hancock,
president of Congress, and Chas. Thomson, secretary, by Printer to Congress John Dunlap and ready for
sending on JULY 5 and 6, 1776; and,
WHEREAS, General in Chief George Washington received the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE and ordered it
read to Continental Army brigades in New York City on JULY 9, 1776; and,
WHEREAS, the New York Provincial Assembly approved the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE and ordered it
published "with Beat of Drum" in Westchester County on JULY 11, 1776; and,
WHEREAS, John Adams, delegate from Massachusetts Bay Colony and one of the Committee of Five who
drafted the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE wrote to his wife Abigail on JULY 3, 1776 that, "The Second Day
of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. - I am apt to believe that it will be
celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as
the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and
Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to
the other from this Time forward forever more."; and,
WHEREAS, 28 Revolutionary War veterans settled in Town of Ulysses, among them Trumansburg founder
Abner Treman and Jacksonville founder Jeptha Lee;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ulysses Town Board hereby designates July 2 —July 11, 2026 as
"CELEBRATING 250 YEARS OF FREEDOM DAYS" in the Town of Ulysses; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED that residents in the Town of Ulysses are encouraged to celebrate with readings of the
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE and other acts of commemoration in accordance with conscience, belief,
and applicable law.
TOWN OF ULYSSES
10 Elm Strcet, Trumansburg, NY 14886
townofulyssesmcgov
Vote: 4-0
Date Adopted: 5/12/26
1, the undersigned Town Clerk of the Town of Ulysses, County of Tompkins, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
above resolution is an exact copy of the some adopted by the Ulysses Town Board at a meeting on the 12th day
of May, 2026.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Town of Ulysses, New
York, on this 15"' day of May, 2025.
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