PRINTER'S NO. 1844
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
321
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO, ARGALL, ROBINSON, BROWNE, SCAVELLO,
PHILLIPS-HILL, MENSCH AND PITTMAN, JUNE 30, 2022
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, JUNE 30, 2022
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of June 2022 as "Lithuanian Partnership
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, In June 2022, the Commonwealth is marking the 29th
anniversary of an excellent partnership between the Pennsylvania
National Guard and Lithuanian Armed Forces; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania National Guard and Lithuanian Armed
Forces affiliation is one of 22 European partnerships comprising
the United States European Command State Partnership Program;
and
WHEREAS, The partnership is one of 65 worldwide
collaborations that constitute the National Guard State
Partnership Program; and
WHEREAS, The partnership was established April 27, 1993, and
Pennsylvania's brave men and women continue to serve in
Lithuania; and
WHEREAS, There is a significant Baltic population in
Pennsylvania, including individuals of Estonian, Latvian and
Lithuanian descent; and
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WHEREAS, The United States and Lithuania are North Atlantic
Treaty Organization allies; and
WHEREAS, The partnership was borne out of the fall of the
Soviet Union in 1991; and
WHEREAS, On June 14, a "Day of Mourning and Hope" was
observed in Lithuania, marking the deportation of 30,000
Lithuanians by the Soviet Union to Siberia; and
WHEREAS, The deportations were part of 35 mass expulsions
carried out in 1941, and from 1945 through 1952; and
WHEREAS, About 300,000 people were deported in total, with
70% representing women and children; and
WHEREAS, Due to cold and difficult conditions, as well as
starvation, plagues and psychological abuse, many Lithuanians
died during the deportation; and
WHEREAS, The atrocities led to a decade-long armed resistance
against the Soviet Union in the Baltics and, ultimately, the
vindication of our Lithuanian friends; and
WHEREAS, The Commonwealth values its friendship, partnership
and bond with Lithuania; and
WHEREAS, As Pennsylvanians, we stand in solidarity with our
friends and allies in Estonia, Latvia and especially Lithuania
due to its deep and long relationship with the Commonwealth;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the month of June 2022 as
"Lithuanian Partnership Month" in Pennsylvania.
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