THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY MANN, BRENNAN, DAY, HARHART, SAMUELSON, SIMMONS, V. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CLYMER, D. COSTA, P. COSTA, DeLUCA, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EMRICK, FABRIZIO, FLECK, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GROVE, HAHN, HICKERNELL, M. K. KELLER, KNOWLES, KORTZ, KULA, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MATZIE, MILLARD, MOUL, MURT, O'NEILL, PARKER, PICKETT, ROSS, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, SWANGER, VEREB, VULAKOVICH AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 12, 2012

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MARCH 12, 2012  

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing and congratulating Lehigh County on the 200th

anniversary of its founding.

WHEREAS, Lehigh County is celebrating its bicentennial

anniversary in 2012; and

WHEREAS, Lehigh County was formed by dividing Northampton

County into two counties on March 6, 1812; and

WHEREAS, Northampton Town, founded by William Allen, was

selected as the county seat and renamed Allentown in 1838; and

WHEREAS, Lehigh County was home to George Taylor, a signer of

the Declaration of Independence, whose namesake will be

memorialized at the George Taylor House and the George Taylor

Monument Plaza; and

WHEREAS, Lehigh County became an important railroad and

industrial center, especially in the manufacturing of cement,

steel and textiles; and

WHEREAS, Lehigh County has continued to grow over the last

two centuries, becoming a large and diverse metropolitan county;

and

WHEREAS, Lehigh County has transformed itself into a center

for finance, health care, education, technology and science; and

WHEREAS, Lehigh County is located within the Northeast

megalopolis, and is in close proximity to many of the largest

population centers in the United States, making it an important

commerce center; and

WHEREAS, A historical book has been created to document the

two-hundred-year history of Lehigh County; and

WHEREAS, A variety of events have been planned in celebration

of the county bicentennial; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize and

congratulate Lehigh County on the occasion of the 200th

anniversary of its founding.