PRINTER'S NO. 1342
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
235
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MACKENZIE, V. BROWN, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA,
DiGIROLAMO, GABLER, GROVE, HENNESSEY, HILL-EVANS, MAKO,
MENTZER, MILLARD, MURT, NEILSON, O'NEILL, PICKETT, QUIGLEY,
READSHAW, TALLMAN, TOOHIL, WATSON AND WHEELAND,
APRIL 12, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 12, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating April 26, 2017, as "Pretzel Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is the center of American pretzel
production for both the hard, crispy and the soft, bread types
of pretzels; and
WHEREAS, Southeastern Pennsylvania, with its large population
of German Americans, is considered the birthplace of the
American pretzel industry and many pretzel bakers are still
located in this area today; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania produces approximately 80% of the
nation's pretzels; and
WHEREAS, The Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery, located in
Lititz, Pennsylvania, became the first commercial hard pretzel
bakery in the United States in 1861; and
WHEREAS, The Anderson Pretzel Bakery opened in Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, in 1888 and calls itself the world's largest
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