Pennsylvania Statutes Title 44 P.S. Legal Holidays and Observances § 33. Local Government Day

The Governor shall issue, annually, his proclamation designating and setting apart April 15 as Local Government Day and calling upon the citizens of the Commonwealth to recognize the vital role of local government, including municipalities and school districts, in the preservation of our heritage of freedom, justice, equality and self-government, and to remind the people that unless every individual citizen takes an active interest and assumes responsibility in his local government, there can be real danger he will be losing control to the State and Federal government over problems which he knows best, such as public education, health and safety.