PRINTER'S NO. 2184
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
474
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, ACOSTA, SAMUELSON, COHEN, BIZZARRO,
HENNESSEY, FREEMAN, KIRKLAND, MURT, VEREB, DiGIROLAMO,
R. BROWN, KINSEY, WARD, THOMAS, CALTAGIRONE, FRANKEL,
DRISCOLL, CONKLIN, V. BROWN, O'BRIEN, ROZZI, KIM, MACKENZIE,
MILLARD, D. COSTA, GINGRICH, BARRAR, SAYLOR, WATSON, MARSICO,
READSHAW, O'NEILL, PAYNE, SCHWEYER, NEILSON, MAJOR, MAHONEY,
YOUNGBLOOD AND GOODMAN, SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Observing September 15 through October 15, 2015, as "Hispanic
Heritage Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, This Commonwealth draws its strength from the
extraordinary diversity of its people and their cultural
customs; and
WHEREAS, Hispanics were the earliest European settlers to
arrive at our great nation, founding settlements in Florida in
the 1500s; and
WHEREAS, Mexicans established homesteads in the Southwest in
the 1600s; and
WHEREAS, Spanish was the first European language spoken in
the New World; and
WHEREAS, Hispanic culture includes elements originating in
Spain, North America, Central America, South America and the
Caribbean; and
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