PRINTER'S NO. 1301
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
223
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY RYAN, READSHAW, ROTHMAN, BAKER, BARRAR, BOBACK,
R. BROWN, V. BROWN, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CHARLTON,
CONKLIN, CORBIN, D. COSTA, COX, SCHLEGEL CULVER, DiGIROLAMO,
DUSH, FREEMAN, GOODMAN, GREINER, GROVE, HICKERNELL, IRVIN,
JAMES, KAUFFMAN, KAVULICH, KEEFER, KINSEY, LONGIETTI,
MACKENZIE, MARSICO, MATZIE, McNEILL, MENTZER, MILLARD,
B. MILLER, MURT, NEILSON, O'BRIEN, PICKETT, QUIGLEY, RAPP,
ROZZI, SACCONE, SANKEY, SCHWEYER, SOLOMON, SONNEY, STAATS,
TOEPEL, TOOHIL, WARD AND WHEELAND, APRIL 10, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 10, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing November 10, 2017, as "Marine Corps Day" in
Pennsylvania in honor of the United States Marine Corps'
birthday.
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 and 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 Navy; and
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14