PRINTER'S NO. 3311
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
740
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY READSHAW, GOODMAN, KORTZ, MOUL, MURT, POLINCHOCK,
THOMAS, LONGIETTI, HILL-EVANS, JAMES, BIZZARRO, HARKINS, KIM,
BARRAR, McNEILL, ROTHMAN, RYAN, TOEPEL, COX, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
YOUNGBLOOD, OBERLANDER, BROWN, MACKENZIE, SAINATO, BERNSTINE,
SONNEY, MILLARD, OWLETT, GALLOWAY, BURNS, WARREN, PICKETT,
HOWARD, CAUSER, DELLOSO, GAINEY, NEILSON, O'MARA, MENTZER,
DeLUCA, EVERETT, ROEBUCK, FARRY AND KEEFER, FEBRUARY 24, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, FEBRUARY 24, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the 245th birthday of the United States Marine Corps on
November 10, 2020.
WHEREAS, The United States Marine Corps was founded as the
Continental Marines by a resolution passed by the Second
Continental Congress on November 10, 1775, which raised two
battalions of Marines; and
WHEREAS, The birth of the Marine Corps was to augment naval
forces in the Revolutionary War; and
WHEREAS, The Tun Tavern on Water Street in Philadelphia, the
original recruiting headquarters, is considered the Marine
Corps' birthplace; and
WHEREAS, In 1798, President John Adams signed the law
establishing the Marine Corps as a permanent military force
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy; and
WHEREAS, The Marine Corps has fought with great courage on
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