PRINTER'S NO. 1031
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
168
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MOUL, READSHAW, HENNESSEY, SCHWEYER, GROVE,
CHARLTON, BIZZARRO, FEE, BAKER, DAVIS, DRISCOLL, DUSH,
SONNEY, BURNS, KULIK, FREEMAN, DiGIROLAMO, LONGIETTI, STAATS,
O'NEILL, QUIGLEY, RYAN, R. BROWN, MACKENZIE, MARSICO,
MILLARD, HAHN, ROZZI, KINSEY, SANKEY, GREINER, PICKETT, MURT,
D. COSTA, WHEELAND, NEILSON, IRVIN, A. HARRIS, WARD, COX,
MILNE AND CALTAGIRONE, MARCH 21, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 21, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the founding of the
Pennsylvania Gettysburg Monuments Project.
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Gettysburg Monuments Project was
founded on April 20, 1997; and
WHEREAS, A reprinted Baltimore Sun news article in the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette served as the catalyst for the project,
which has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for 146
Pennsylvania regimental monuments and markers on the field of
some of the worst fighting during the Civil War; and
WHEREAS, Representative Harry Readshaw established a group of
preservationists, fondly called "Readshaw's Raiders"; and
WHEREAS, Their unwritten plan gained support as a worthy
cause; and
WHEREAS, Various contributors donated money; and
WHEREAS, The oldest battlefield preservation organization in
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