PRINTER'S NO. 2989
No. 2264 Session of 1976
INTRODUCED BY BENNETT, FINEMAN, IRVIS, DOMBROWSKI, L. E. SMITH,
GILLESPIE, BUTERA, SPENCER, DeVERTER, COLE, ZWIKL, LAUGHLIN,
WANSACZ, RIEGER, McINTYRE, DiDONATO, KNEPPER, PARKER,
HALVERSON, McGINNIS, PYLES, MILLIRON, A. C. FOSTER JR.,
McCLATCHY, DORR, S. E. HAYES JR., RAPPAPORT, LETTERMAN,
SHUMAN, PRATT, MILANOVICH, GARZIA, STAPLETON, BERLIN AND
O'KEEFE, MARCH 24, 1976
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 24, 1976
AN ACT
1 Designating a period in July for a special observance of the
2 American Bicentennial Celebration.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. In honor of the two hundredth anniversary of the
6 founding of the United States of America as a separate and
7 independent Nation and to permit the citizens of this
8 Commonwealth to reflect upon the unique nature of the American
9 democracy and the special position Pennsylvania occupied in
10 fostering and sustaining the growth of this democracy, the
11 weekend of July 2, 3, 4 and 5 of 1976 is hereby set aside as a
12 State holiday and is designated as "American Bicentennial
13 Weekend."
14 The Governor is authorized and requested to issue a
15 proclamation this year calling upon the people of this
1 Commonwealth to remember and commemorate the contributions and
2 sacrifices of their ancestors who boldly set forth on a new form
3 of government and to observe this weekend with appropriate
4 honors and ceremonies.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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