PRINTER'S NO. 907
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
145
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY KRUEGER-BRANEKY, HENNESSEY, SACCONE, DRISCOLL,
CALTAGIRONE, MILLARD, READSHAW, SCHLOSSBERG, KINSEY, WARNER,
DEAN, RYAN, SCHLEGEL CULVER, V. BROWN, B. MILLER, SOLOMON,
DiGIROLAMO, STAATS, SANKEY, DUSH, SONNEY, KORTZ, FREEMAN,
LONGIETTI, W. KELLER, GOODMAN, COX, PETRI, IRVIN, BOBACK,
M. QUINN, BIZZARRO, DONATUCCI AND GILLEN, MARCH 13, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 13, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the United States of
America's entrance into World War I and the contributions of
citizens and soldiers alike that proved indispensable to the
Allied victory in 1918.
WHEREAS, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was
assassinated with his wife on June 28, 1914, by a Serbian
nationalist in Sarajevo, leading Austria-Hungary to declare war
against Serbia; and
WHEREAS, European nations from Russia and Germany to France
and Great Britain began declaring war against one another during
the summer of 1914 in what would later become known as World War
I; and
WHEREAS, The United States of America, being a nation of
immigrants with ties to countries on both sides of the European
conflict, maintained a position of neutrality during much of
World War I; and
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WHEREAS, By early 1917, the United States could no longer
overlook the naval aggressions of Germany that included the
sinking of several American merchant ships; and
WHEREAS, President Woodrow Wilson sought, and the Congress of
the United States delivered, a declaration of war against
Germany on April 6, 1917; and
WHEREAS, Less than three months later, 14,000 American troops
landed in France to begin training for combat that would
ultimately involve more than 2 million American soldiers on
battlefields across Western Europe; and
WHEREAS, More than 53,000 American soldiers died in combat
defending the United States' allies; and
WHEREAS, To benefit the war effort abroad, citizens of the
United States made sacrifices and contributions, including
planting extra crops and conserving heat to provide more food
and fuel to the war effort; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
100th anniversary of the United States of America's entrance
into World War I and the contributions of citizens and soldiers
alike that proved indispensable to the Allied victory in 1918.
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