Virginia Governor Ralph S. Northam

WHEREAS, the role of the surveyor has been, and remains, of vital importance in the development of the United States and to our private property rights; and

WHEREAS, surveying requires both fieldwork and indoor work, in order to measure, maintain, monitor, verify, validate, and regulate boundaries of land, economic assets, and other properties; and

WHEREAS, since the colonial era, surveyors have been statesmen, leaders in the community, and influential citizens; and

WHEREAS, former surveyors include George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln; and

WHEREAS, surveyors remain essential to the development of the United States and the Commonwealth of Virginia today; and

WHEREAS, Virginia is home to more than 1,200 licensed surveyors; and

WHEREAS, Surveyors Week is an opportunity to recognize the historic contributions of surveying, and appreciate the new technologies that are constantly modernizing the profession; 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ralph S. Northam, do hereby recognize the week of March 18-24, 2018, as SURVEYORS WEEK in our COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, and I call this observance to the attention of all our citizens.