PRINTER'S NO. 3310
No. 294 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY E. Z. TAYLOR, HAYES, MRKONIC, MORRIS, KOSINSKI,
DIETTERICK, COY, SALOOM, CESSAR, KASUNIC, VROON, NAILOR,
FLEAGLE, JADLOWIEC, TANGRETTI, PISTELLA, DEMPSEY, SCHULER,
LEVDANSKY, CHADWICK, LANGTRY, JACKSON, RYBAK, D. W. SNYDER,
GODSHALL, HALUSKA, BROUJOS, DISTLER, ITKIN, NOYE, MICOZZIE,
CARLSON AND McCALL, APRIL 2, 1990
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, APRIL 2, 1990
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the Governor to proclaim April 9, 1990, as "POW
2 Recognition Day" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Several times over the years Americans have been
4 called to arms to defend our freedoms; and
5 WHEREAS, Many have given their lives so that we may continue
6 to live in peace and freedom; and
7 WHEREAS, Many other members of our armed forces have shed
8 blood and were captured and thereby subjected to the degradation
9 and humility of prison camp; and
10 WHEREAS, Those brave soldiers who were prisoners of war
11 underwent great stress and hardships; and
12 WHEREAS, While all Americans owe deep gratitude to our war
13 veterans, we owe special recognition to Americans who were
14 captured, and who languished or died in prisoner-of-war camps;
15 therefore be it
16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives memorialize the
1 Governor to proclaim April 9, 1990, as "POW Recognition Day" in
2 Pennsylvania, and urge all Pennsylvanians to remember those
3 citizens who fought for our beliefs and for our country, and to
4 reflect on the courage of our former prisoners of war.
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