PRINTER'S NO. 2519
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
509
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BARRAR, BERNSTINE, BOBACK, BROWN, CALTAGIRONE,
COX, SCHLEGEL CULVER, DiGIROLAMO, FREEMAN, GREINER, GROVE,
HILL-EVANS, HOHENSTEIN, JAMES, KAUFER, KAUFFMAN, KORTZ,
LONGIETTI, MACKENZIE, MALAGARI, MALONEY, MENTZER, METCALFE,
MILLARD, B. MILLER, MURT, PICKETT, RAPP, READSHAW, ROEBUCK,
ROTHMAN, RYAN, SAPPEY, SAYLOR, SCHLOSSBERG, SCHMITT, SONNEY,
STAATS, WEBSTER, ZABEL AND ZIMMERMAN, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the 375th anniversary of William Penn's birth.
WHEREAS, William Penn, the founder of this Commonwealth, was
born in London, England, on October 14, 1644; and
WHEREAS, The Province of Pennsylvania was acquired by William
Penn from King Charles II of England in payment of a debt the
king owed his father, Admiral Sir William Penn, for which
William Penn received a charter from King Charles II, dated
March 4, 1681; and
WHEREAS, William Penn invited people of diverse nationalities
and creeds to join with him in a "Holy Experiment" where men
might worship God according to their own light; and
WHEREAS, His own prayers were that Pennsylvania might become
"the seed of a nation"; and
WHEREAS, William Penn had strong faith in a representative
form of government, public education without regard to race,
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