PRINTER'S NO. 3188
No. 371 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY STEVENSON, THOMAS, GEORGE, READSHAW, COLAIZZO,
GEIST, FAIRCHILD, ORIE, MELIO, DENT, LEDERER, FICHTER,
TRELLO, PIPPY, CORRIGAN, LAUGHLIN, SCHULER, HERMAN, COY,
SAYLOR, BROWN, JOSEPHS, BELARDI, BAKER, McCALL, HALUSKA,
HERSHEY, M. N. WRIGHT, McGEEHAN, LESCOVITZ, ARGALL, ROBINSON,
SANTONI, McNAUGHTON, BEBKO-JONES, SHANER, MANDERINO,
BELFANTI, LYNCH, DeLUCA, SCHRODER, RUBLEY, HENNESSEY, SATHER,
ROSS, WOJNAROSKI, ROBERTS, BROWNE, ITKIN, ZUG, B. SMITH,
TIGUE, JAMES, HESS, HARHART, ADOLPH, WALKO, STABACK,
SERAFINI, KIRKLAND, PISTELLA, TANGRETTI, RAMOS, BOSCOLA,
SAINATO, L. I. COHEN, CIVERA, YOUNGBLOOD, HASAY, KENNEY,
SEYFERT AND OLASZ, MARCH 17, 1998
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 17, 1998
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating September 26, 1998, as "Austrian-American Day" in
2 this Commonwealth.
3 WHEREAS, The lives of Pennsylvanians have been diversified
4 and enriched by many immigrants who have come from around the
5 world for over 200 years seeking new lives for themselves and
6 their families; and
7 WHEREAS, A fair number of these immigrants arrived here from
8 Austria; and
9 WHEREAS, In their expansion from Colony of Georgia in 1734,
10 many Austrian immigrants chose Pennsylvania as the place to
11 settle and raise their families; and
12 WHEREAS, Austrian-Americans have brought to this Commonwealth
1 and this country their love of freedom, a deep respect for
2 education and a strong work ethic; and
3 WHEREAS, Austrian-Americans have demonstrated wide-ranging
4 and educating influence: Supreme Court Justices Louis Brandeis
5 and Felix Frankfurter upheld laws and established constitutional
6 precedent in 46 years of combined service on the United States
7 Supreme Court, composer Frederick Loewe helped transform
8 American musical theater and Arnold Schwarzenegger has
9 entertained Americans for years; and
10 WHEREAS, Austrian-American Pennsylvanians have made their own
11 contributions to and lasting imprints on our nation and this
12 Commonwealth; and
13 WHEREAS, "Austrian-American Day" proudly recognizes and pays
14 tribute to the large number of Austrian-Americans living in this
15 Commonwealth; therefore be it
16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate
17 September 26, 1998, as "Austrian-American Day" in this
18 Commonwealth.
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