Cupola Lights

     

The Armstrong County Courthouse Cupola in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, stands as a proud visual centerpiece of the county.

 The colored lights adorning the cupola are frequently used to convey symbolic meanings or to honor specific causes.

 Below is detailed information on what each color represents, and the organizations, events, or missions being celebrated or commemorated.

                     

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Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month

 

First declared by President Ronald Reagan on October 15, 1988

 

“When a child loses his parent, they are called an orphan. When a spouse loses her or his partner, they are called a widow or widower. When parents lose their child, there isn’t a word to describe them. This month recognizes the loss so many parents experience across the United States and around the world. It is also meant to inform and provide resources for parents who have lost children due to miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, stillbirths, birth defects, SIDS, and other causes.

 

Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the month of October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. I call upon the people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.”

 

PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN

 

Always remembered. Always loved. Credit is nilmdts (now i lay me down to sleep)