PRINTER'S NO. 4187
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
1146
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY SCHLEGEL CULVER, BIZZARRO, HILL-EVANS, HARKINS,
READSHAW, CALTAGIRONE, DONATUCCI, MURT, DAVIS, DUSH, SONNEY,
BURNS, MILLARD, LONGIETTI, NEILSON, HAGGERTY, FEE, R. BROWN,
MENTZER, RYAN, BENNINGHOFF, YOUNGBLOOD, BOBACK, COX, PICKETT,
EVERETT, DRISCOLL, TOEPEL, SCHWEYER, HAHN, MACKENZIE,
GOODMAN, DALEY, JAMES, J. McNEILL, DiGIROLAMO, ROEBUCK,
SAYLOR, CHARLTON, ROZZI AND PHILLIPS-HILL, OCTOBER 9, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 9, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of November 2018 as "Veteran Awareness
Month" in Pennsylvania in conjunction with the annual
"Veterans Day" observance on November 11, 2018.
WHEREAS, The history of the United States Armed Forces is
long and decorated, with tens of millions of Americans having
served across multiple generations; and
WHEREAS, The officers, enlisted soldiers and volunteer
soldiers of the Continental Army proved that Americans can be
victorious in battle; and
WHEREAS, On December 26, 1776, General George Washington led
Continental Army troops across the Delaware River to achieve a
decisive victory in the Battle of Trenton; and
WHEREAS, Woodrow Wilson, in an address delivered on the 125th
anniversary of the Battle of Trenton, appropriately referred to
Revolutionary War observer Thomas Paine's declaration: "These
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