PRINTER'S NO. 2525
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
588
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY KINSEY, SAINATO, BARRAR, CALTAGIRONE, BAKER,
EVERETT, COX, BENNINGHOFF, ROZZI, STAATS, TOEPEL, FREEMAN,
KIRKLAND, KILLION, ENGLISH, BOYLE, GODSHALL, THOMAS, KOTIK,
DRISCOLL, KIM, SONNEY, DUSH, MILLARD, COHEN, SACCONE,
SCHLOSSBERG, MUSTIO, BOBACK, WHITE, YOUNGBLOOD, HENNESSEY,
DiGIROLAMO, BARBIN, D. COSTA, BISHOP, MENTZER, MACKENZIE,
DONATUCCI, O'NEILL, KAUFFMAN, HAHN, PAYNE, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
WATSON, PHILLIPS-HILL, LONGIETTI, READSHAW, WHEELAND,
SCHWEYER, PICKETT, TALLMAN, GIBBONS, REGAN, GROVE, JOZWIAK,
WARD, ROSS, GINGRICH, MARSICO, MAHONEY, FARINA, MAJOR,
GOODMAN, ELLIS AND McNEILL, NOVEMBER 16, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
NOVEMBER 16, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Celebrating the National Guard on its 379th birthday.
WHEREAS, The National Guard, as the organized militia of the
United States, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December
13, 1636; and
WHEREAS, The Massachusetts General Court declared that the
colony's existing militia companies be organized into three
regiments, of which four Army National Guard units are descended
from those original regiments and are the oldest units in the
United States military; and
WHEREAS, Citizen-soldiers answered the call and assembled for
military training on the Salem common in the spring of 1637 at
the "First Muster of a militia regiment"; and
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WHEREAS, By the 19th century, the term "National Guard"
replaced "militia" as a tribute to the Marquis de Lafayette,
General George Washington's trusted confident; and
WHEREAS, The National Guard still holds true by upholding
unique characteristics that enabled success during the
Revolutionary War and by having high standards of
professionalism and diverse proficiency that have evolved over
three centuries of working in communities across the United
States; and
WHEREAS, Today's National Guard consists of citizen-soldiers
and airmen who provide protection from natural disasters and
other hazards, training regularly to sharpen readiness skills in
the name of benefiting their local communities in this
Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, The National Guard has also developed into an active
ready force deploying to faraway countries to protect the
interest of the United States abroad; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives celebrate and
congratulate the United States National Guard on its 379th
birthday on Sunday, December 13, 2015; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to the
Pennsylvania National Guard.
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