PRINTER'S NO. 4116
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
1104
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY BARRAR, BIZZARRO, BOBACK, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE,
CHARLTON, CORBIN, COX, SCHLEGEL CULVER, DiGIROLAMO, DRISCOLL,
EVERETT, FEE, GODSHALL, GREINER, GROVE, HARKINS, HEFFLEY,
HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, HILL-EVANS, JAMES, JOZWIAK, KAUFFMAN,
KINSEY, LONGIETTI, J. McNEILL, MENTZER, MILLARD, MURT,
NEILSON, B. O'NEILL, PASHINSKI, PICKETT, QUIGLEY, M. QUINN,
READSHAW, ROTHMAN, RYAN, SAMUELSON, SAYLOR, SCHLOSSBERG,
SCHWEYER, STAATS, TOEPEL, WARD, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD,
OCTOBER 1, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 1, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the cessation of
hostilities of World War I, remembering the valor and
sacrifice of United States troops and noting their lasting
impact on military history and American culture.
WHEREAS, The United States entered World War I with a
declaration of war against Germany on April 6, 1917; and
WHEREAS, German naval attacks on merchant and supply ships in
a German-declared war zone around the British Isles had caused
American civilian and military casualties, violating American
neutrality; and
WHEREAS, Individuals of all races, ethnicities and creeds
came together to quickly mobilize and build the strength of the
military and forge a new American identity; and
WHEREAS, At the time of the declaration of war, 26 million
men of the 54 million men in the United States were either
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