Connecticut Statutes

§ 1-5 — Independence Day celebration.

Connecticut § 1-5
JurisdictionConnecticut
Title 1Provisions of General Application
Ch. 2Legal Holidays and Standard of Time

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-5 (2026).

Text

As a part of the official observance of Independence Day, appropriate ceremonies shall be held in the hall of flags of the State Capitol on July fourth in each year. The Governor shall issue a proclamation recalling to the citizens of the state the historic significance of Independence Day. The Governor shall designate a state official of a patriotic society or a state official of a veterans organization to plan and have charge of such ceremonies, in such manner that the conduct of such ceremonies shall be alternated from year to year between an official of a patriotic society and an official of a veterans organization. The necessary expense of such ceremony, not exceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars each year, shall be paid to the society or organization conducting the ceremonies.

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Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 8881; 1949, S. 3355d; 1963, P.A. 287.) History: 1963 act added requirement of governor's proclamation.

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