PRINTER'S NO. 1042
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
209
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, MURT, HELM, BENNINGHOFF, DONATUCCI, KINSEY,
SCHLOSSBERG, LONGIETTI, CORBIN, BOBACK, VEREB, SCHREIBER,
HARHART, SCHWEYER, THOMAS, READSHAW, KIRKLAND, ROSS, MILLARD,
HENNESSEY, DUSH, SONNEY, ROZZI, SACCONE, REED, CALTAGIRONE,
KAUFFMAN, METCALFE, COHEN, D. COSTA, KILLION, MUSTIO, KIM,
FARINA, SCHLEGEL CULVER, C. PARKER, DiGIROLAMO, STAATS,
MAJOR, PICKETT, WARD, CAUSER, TOEPEL, MOUL, MARSICO, CUTLER,
A. HARRIS, KNOWLES, ELLIS, OBERLANDER, SAYLOR, YOUNGBLOOD,
O'NEILL, GRELL, GODSHALL, PEIFER, GIBBONS, EVERETT, GROVE,
WATSON, COX, SABATINA, GINGRICH, WHEELAND, MAHONEY,
ZIMMERMAN, BRADFORD, GILLEN AND GABLER, MARCH 31, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 31, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of President Abraham
Lincoln's death on April 15, 1865, and noting his
distinguished life of public service and indelible leadership
during an era of great national crisis.
WHEREAS, Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, at
Sinking Spring Farm, a 300-acre farm with a one-room cabin near
Hodgenville, Kentucky; and
WHEREAS, A son of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, Abraham
Lincoln was the first president born in a log cabin and the
first president born outside of the original 13 states; and
WHEREAS, Abraham Lincoln's family occupied other farms in
Kentucky and southern Indiana during his youth; and
WHEREAS, Recalling his early life on the western frontier,
Abraham Lincoln wrote in 1832: "I was born and have ever
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