PRINTER'S NO. 2274
No. 279 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY ROBBINS, TOMLINSON, KITCHEN, JUBELIRER,
BRIGHTBILL, EARLL, PICCOLA, O'PAKE, WAGNER, MUSTO, THOMPSON,
FUMO, CONTI, STOUT, PUNT, HUGHES, D. WHITE, STACK, MOWERY,
SCHWARTZ, RHOADES, TARTAGLIONE, HELFRICK, KUKOVICH, HOLL,
BODACK, CORMAN, GERLACH, SCARNATI, LAVALLE, DENT, WENGER,
C. WILLIAMS, ORIE, MURPHY, LOGAN, GREENLEAF, ARMSTRONG,
COSTA, MADIGAN, ERICKSON, LEMMOND, M. WHITE, WAUGH AND
WOZNIAK, OCTOBER 1, 2002
REFERRED TO MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, OCTOBER 1, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring all Pennsylvania veterans who served during war and
2 peace on the occasion of Veterans Day, November 11, 2002.
3 WHEREAS, In 1918, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in
4 the eleventh month, the world rejoiced and celebrated because
5 after four years of bitter war an armistice was signed that
6 declared the "war to end all wars" over; and
7 WHEREAS, November 11 was set aside as Armistice Day in the
8 United States to remember the sacrifices men and women made
9 during the war in order to ensure a lasting peace; and
10 WHEREAS, On Armistice Day, soldiers who survived the war
11 marched in a parade through their hometowns and politicians,
12 public officials and veteran officers gave speeches and held
13 ceremonies of thanks for the peace they had won; and
14 WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States voted Armistice
15 Day a legal holiday in 1938, but Americans realized that the
1 previous war would not be the last one; and
2 WHEREAS, World War II began the following year, and nations
3 great and small again participated in a bloody struggle; and
4 WHEREAS, After World War II, Armistice Day continued to be
5 observed on November 11; and
6 WHEREAS, In 1953 townspeople in Emporia, Kansas, called the
7 holiday "Veterans Day" in gratitude to the veterans in their
8 town; and
9 WHEREAS, Soon after, Congress passed a bill renaming the
10 national holiday as Veterans Day; and
11 WHEREAS, Americans still give thanks to veterans for their
12 service on Veterans Day with ceremonies and speeches, and at
13 11:00 a.m. many Americans observe a moment of silence in
14 remembrance of those who fought and for those who gave their
15 lives to preserve the freedoms we now enjoy; therefore be it
16 RESOLVED, That the Senate honor all Pennsylvania veterans who
17 served during war and peace on the occasion of Veterans Day,
18 November 11, 2002.
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