PRINTER'S NO. 1391
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
96
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY ROTHMAN, RYAN, WHEATLEY, C. WILLIAMS, DELLOSO,
WEBSTER, E. NELSON, JAMES, BOBACK, SCHMITT, HILL-EVANS, HAMM,
POLINCHOCK, COOK, MIZGORSKI, GREINER, HOWARD, KNOWLES,
HICKERNELL, SAPPEY, DAVANZO, KAUFFMAN, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
PICKETT, FREEMAN, JOZWIAK, R. MACKENZIE, ROZZI, LONGIETTI,
SANCHEZ, PASHINSKI, STAATS, MENTZER, JONES, B. MILLER,
MILLARD, ROWE, NEILSON, O'MARA, BURNS, SAINATO, SAYLOR,
KEEFER, COX, DRISCOLL, MOUL, O'NEAL, INNAMORATO, GUENST,
BOROWICZ, SHUSTERMAN, HELM, HENNESSEY, ZABEL, HEFFLEY, KLUNK,
McNEILL, KINSEY, SAMUELSON, RAPP, OBERLANDER, STEPHENS,
METCALFE, MERCURI, STRUZZI, HERRIN, M. MACKENZIE, R. BROWN,
T. DAVIS, ARMANINI AND BERNSTINE, APRIL 27, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, APRIL 27, 2021
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Urging the Secretary of the Navy to designate Philadelphia and
both banks of the Delaware River as the site of the main
celebration of the 250th birthdays of the United States Navy
and the United States Marine Corps in October and November
2025.
WHEREAS, The United States Navy was founded in Pennsylvania
on October 13, 1775, when the Second Continental Congress at
Independence Hall in Philadelphia authorized its first ships;
and
WHEREAS, Later that year, in Pennsylvania, the Continental
Navy commissioned its first ship and granted its first
commission to John Barry, the father of the American Navy; and
WHEREAS, The Second Continental Congress in Pennsylvania
commissioned Lieutenant John Paul Jones, who, on the Delaware,
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was the first to raise an American national flag, the Grand
Union Flag, on a naval vessel; and
WHEREAS, The United States Marine Corps was founded in
Pennsylvania on November 10, 1775, when the Second Continental
Congress at Independence Hall authorized the recruitment of two
battalions; and
WHEREAS, The United States Marine Corps was born later that
year after its first commissioned officer Captain Samuel
Nicholas held a recruiting drive in Tun Tavern in Philadelphia;
and
WHEREAS, The first United States Marine Corps amphibious
operation, mounted from Pennsylvania, seized sorely needed
gunpowder for the Continental Army; and
WHEREAS, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has continued to
design and build ships and aircraft and has contributed sons and
daughters to lead the United States Navy and the United States
Marine Corps since their birth; and
WHEREAS, The United States Navy's 250-year history should be
celebrated by assembling ships, including the Pennsylvania State
Flagship Niagara, from every major war the United States Navy
has fought; and
WHEREAS, This assemblage would be possible only in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania because Philadelphia has preserved
USS Olympia, the sole survivor of the Spanish-American War; and
WHEREAS, The United States Marine Corps' 250th birthday
should be celebrated by rebuilding Tun Tavern in Philadelphia,
drawing United States Marines from the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and beyond; therefore be it
RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge the Secretary of the
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Navy to designate Philadelphia and both banks of the Delaware
River as the site of the main celebration of the 250th birthdays
of the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps in
October and November 2025; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania authorize the United States Navy and the United
States Marine Corps to participate by bringing active-duty
ships, aircraft, equipment and personnel that represent the
United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
the President of the United States, the United States Secretary
of Defense, the Secretary of the Navy, the Commandant of the
Marine Corps and each member of the Pennsylvania Congressional
Delegation.
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