PRINTER'S NO. 1548
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
286
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY GABLER, MAKO, MICCARELLI, BARBIN, BIZZARRO,
R. BROWN, V. BROWN, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CHARLTON,
CORBIN, COX, DiGIROLAMO, DRISCOLL, DUSH, ENGLISH, EVERETT,
FREEMAN, HAHN, A. HARRIS, HENNESSEY, PHILLIPS-HILL, JAMES,
KAUFFMAN, KAVULICH, KINSEY, LONGIETTI, MACKENZIE, MALONEY,
MARSICO, MATZIE, MEHAFFIE, MILLARD, B. MILLER, MILNE, MURT,
PASHINSKI, PICKETT, QUIGLEY, RAPP, READSHAW, RYAN, SAINATO,
SANKEY, SCHLOSSBERG, SOLOMON, SONNEY, STURLA, TOOHIL, WARD
AND WATSON, APRIL 25, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 25, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating April 26, 2017, as "National Guard Day" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, In 1747, Benjamin Franklin organized the Associators
of Philadelphia; and
WHEREAS, Units of today's Pennsylvania National Guard trace
their lineage to the first Associators; and
WHEREAS, In 1755, the General Assembly of the Province of
Pennsylvania received a great number of petitions from the
several counties of the province "setting forth, That the
Petitioners were very willing to defend themselves and their
Country, and desirous of being formed into regular Bodies for
that Purpose, instructed and disciplined under proper Officers,
with suitable and legal authority"; and
WHEREAS, Responding to these petitions, the representatives
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