PRINTER'S NO. 2507
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
541
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY SCHWEYER, MACKENZIE, KINSEY, READSHAW, WATSON,
LONGIETTI, QUIGLEY, B. MILLER, PEIFER, DRISCOLL, DUSH,
SONNEY, SOLOMON, SCHLOSSBERG, FREEMAN, MURT, BOBACK, McNEILL,
PASHINSKI, V. BROWN, JAMES, W. KELLER, O'BRIEN, WARD, ROZZI,
CALTAGIRONE, HENNESSEY, NEILSON, MILLARD, TOEPEL, MENTZER,
GOODMAN, D. COSTA, DONATUCCI, MARSICO, GILLEN AND HAHN,
OCTOBER 2, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 2, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of October 1 through 7, 2017, as
"Pennsylvania Dutch (Deutsch) Heritage Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, There are communities of Pennsylvania Dutch
(Deutsch) living in many parts of the United States and Canada,
however, the largest settlement is in Pennsylvania, concentrated
in the eastern part of this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Dutch (Deutsch), also called
Pennsylvania Germans or Pennsylvania Deutsch, are descendants of
early German immigrants to Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, The word "Dutch" does not refer to people from
Holland, but is an English adaptation of Deutsch, the German
word for "German"; and
WHEREAS, Both the "Dutch" and "Deutsch" spellings are
commonly used and refer to the same people and culture; and
WHEREAS, The first major emigration of Germans to America
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