PRINTER'S NO. 3179
No. 294 Session of 1996
INTRODUCED BY M. N. WRIGHT, CORRIGAN, DENT, NYCE, MAITLAND,
LYNCH, BAKER, SATHER, PITTS, BROWN, SCHULER, L. I. COHEN,
PETTIT, HERMAN, FICHTER, GEIST, SAYLOR, NAILOR, FLICK, BUNT,
HESS, CLYMER, HASAY, ROHRER, DiGIROLAMO, DEMPSEY, DRUCE,
GODSHALL, E. Z. TAYLOR, B. SMITH, FAIRCHILD, FARGO, LEH,
MASLAND, COY, TIGUE, BELARDI, M. COHEN, DONATUCCI, TRELLO,
McGEEHAN, MUNDY, PESCI, BOSCOLA, LAUGHLIN, DeLUCA, PISTELLA,
CAPPABIANCA, LUCYK, BATTISTO, WALKO, MANDERINO, COLAIZZO,
RUDY, SANTONI, TANGRETTI, READSHAW, STURLA, BEBKO-JONES,
McCALL, HALUSKA, JOSEPHS, KAISER AND ITKIN, MARCH 11, 1996
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 11, 1996
A RESOLUTION
1 Commemorating March 10, 1996, as the 315th Anniversary of
2 Charter Day, the day that King Charles II gave William Penn
3 the charter for Penn's Woods.
4 WHEREAS, On March 4, 1681, King Charles gave William Penn the
5 charter for Penn's Woods, which is now the Commonwealth of
6 Pennsylvania; and
7 WHEREAS, William Penn wanted his Pennsylvania to be a land
8 where people of different languages and customs could live
9 together, where men and women could worship as they choose and
10 where the inhabitants could participate in their government; and
11 WHEREAS, On Sunday, March 10, 1996, Pennsbury Manor, William
12 Penn's country estate on the Delaware River and the only Penn
13 residence open to the public here or abroad, will be the
14 location of the celebration of the 315th Anniversary of Charter
1 Day by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and the
2 Pennsbury Society; therefore be it
3 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commemorate March
4 10, 1996, as the 315th Anniversary of Charter Day; and be it
5 further
6 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge all of its
7 citizens to reflect upon their heritage as Pennsylvanians.
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