PRINTER'S NO. 732
No. 109 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, FICHTER, BUNT, RUBLEY, ARGALL, BASTIAN,
BEBKO-JONES, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CAWLEY, CLYMER, CORRIGAN,
COSTA, COY, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI,
D. EVANS, FAIRCHILD, FLEAGLE, FORCIER, GABIG, GEIST, GEORGE,
GINGRICH, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARHART, HARPER, HARRIS, HERMAN,
HERSHEY, HESS, HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, JOSEPHS, KELLER,
LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LEH, LEWIS, MAJOR, McCALL, McILHATTAN,
METCALFE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PIPPY, PISTELLA, READSHAW,
ROBERTS, ROSS, SAINATO, SANTONI, SATHER, SCHRODER, SHANER,
B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STAIRS, R. STEVENSON, THOMAS, TIGUE, WILT,
WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, BALDWIN, SCAVELLO, PAYNE AND BROWNE,
MARCH 4, 2003
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 4, 2003
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating March 16, 2003, as "Liberty Day" in Pennsylvania.
2 WHEREAS, James Madison, referred to as the Father of the
3 Constitution and elected as our nation's fourth president, was
4 born on March 16, 1751; and
5 WHEREAS, Since 1996 several states have observed March 16 as
6 "Liberty Day" to develop students' awareness of their rights and
7 responsibilities as citizens in accordance with the founding
8 documents of our democracy; and
9 WHEREAS, Booklets containing the Declaration of Independence
10 and the Constitution of the United States are distributed in
11 some states on March 16 as part of this observance; therefore be
12 it
1 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate March
2 16, 2003, as "Liberty Day" in Pennsylvania.
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