PRINTER'S NO. 2385
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
482
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY HARPER, MURT, FREEMAN, READSHAW, D. COSTA,
HENNESSEY, SCHLOSSBERG, CALTAGIRONE, CHARLTON, BIZZARRO,
V. BROWN, BOBACK, PASHINSKI, STAATS, SAYLOR, ROZZI, PICKETT,
JAMES, SCHLEGEL CULVER, LONGIETTI, RAPP, WATSON, R. BROWN,
MACKENZIE, DUSH, SONNEY, O'NEILL, KINSEY, ROEBUCK, NEILSON,
MILLARD, MENTZER, GROVE, DiGIROLAMO, MARSICO, B. MILLER,
MARSHALL, SOLOMON, WARD, EVERETT, HILL-EVANS, PHILLIPS-HILL,
WHEELAND, WARREN AND GILLEN, SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of September 2017 as "Civic Education
Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, This Commonwealth is where the constitutional
government for the United States of America began 241 years ago;
and
WHEREAS, In order to ensure that "the government of the
people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish" as so
eloquently stated by President Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, it
is necessary to ensure that each succeeding generation of
Americans understands the principles of American self-governance
and the ideals and principles on which our representative
democracy is based and from which its institutions derive their
legitimacy and power; and
WHEREAS, National testing shows an unfortunate ignorance
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