A
Day for the Ages
The
National Day of the American Cowboy, signed
into effect by President George W. Bush,
is now a reality.
By
Jesse Mullins, Jr.
What
began as a question in this magazine is now forever
a memorial to the
American cowboy. What began as feedback and urgings
from you, our readers, is now a tribute to the
greatest national symbol this land has ever produced.
In July, just days before the designated “fourth
Saturday in July” that was proposed as the
annual observance of this occasion, President George
W. Bush signed Senate Resolution 138, proclaiming
for all time the “National Day of the American
Cowboy.”
What
might have been a considerably larger play of national
media attention was checked
by the suddenness
of the news of the signing—coming unexpectedly
a mere four days before the first National Day. But
that suddenness notwithstanding, several national
media outlets broke the news on July 23, the designated “fourth
Saturday in July.” It was on that day that
U.S. Senator Craig Thomas, (R.-Wyo.), sponsor and
leading Senate proponent of the resolution, took
the microphone in the arena at Cheyenne Frontier
Days and announced to all in attendance that this
was indeed the first-ever National Day of the American
Cowboy.
“I
can think of no better place to make this announcement
than at Cheyenne Frontier Days, which attracts
visitors from all over the nation,” said
Wyoming’s
senior senator. Elsewhere, over the airwaves, radio
personality Paul Harvey opened his broadcast on
that day with these words:
“
Hello Americans, I’m Paul Harvey… and
this is Saturday… and this is an historic day.
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President
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proclaiming for all time the "National Day of
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