PRINTER'S NO. 3213
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
695
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY MATZIE, SNYDER, BURNS, KULIK, KORTZ, KIM,
PASHINSKI, HILL-EVANS, SCHLOSSBERG, KINSEY, BIZZARRO,
BERNSTINE, SHUSTERMAN, COX, MACKENZIE, MURT, MILLARD,
LONGIETTI, PICKETT, FREEMAN, ROEBUCK, CIRESI, MENTZER,
B. MILLER, NEILSON, SCHLEGEL CULVER AND CONKLIN,
JANUARY 30, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 30, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Designating March 8, 2020, as "Charter Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, On March 4, 1681, King Charles II of England granted
William Penn a charter for land in the New World to make up for
a large debt that the king owed to Penn's father; and
WHEREAS, William Penn had initially decided to name the land
"Sylvania," which in Latin means "woods," to which King Charles
II added the prefix "Penn" in honor of William Penn's father,
Admiral Sir William Penn; and
WHEREAS, Admiral Penn had served England as a rear admiral
and vice admiral of Ireland, a vice admiral of England, a
general in the First Anglo-Dutch War and great captain commander
under the Duke of York; and
WHEREAS, William Penn wrote a Frame of Government of
Pennsylvania that established a democratic system containing
full freedom of religion, fair trials featuring independent
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